# Cuts, lacerations at Polytex Fibers
> OSHA SIR `2023098103` · 9/2/2023 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Knee(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall, slip, trip, unspecified
- **Source:** Machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Polytex Fibers
- **Location:** 9333 Baythorne Drive, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77041
- **NAICS:** 326111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was clearing a plastic jam from a machine. They were on the machine when it shifted, causing the employee to slip, and sustain a laceration to her left knee. The employee was hospitalized.

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