# Cuts, lacerations at Nordex USA Inc
> OSHA SIR `2020109307` · 10/1/2020 · LOS FRESNOS, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Valves, nozzles
## Employer
- **Name:** Nordex USA Inc
- **Location:** San Roman Wind Farm, LOS FRESNOS, TEXAS, 78566
- **NAICS:** 333611
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was checking a safety valve in a wind turbine hub. The valve separated from the mechanism and struck the employee's hand, causing a 2 1/2-inch laceration.

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