# Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at Allstate Power Vac
> OSHA SIR `2015031489` · 3/26/2015 · WILLIAMSPORT, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Foot (feet), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by discharged object or substance
- **Source:** Pressurized water-blast
- **Secondary source:** Power washers
## Employer
- **Name:** Allstate Power Vac
- **Location:** TARM-TerraAqua Resource Management, WILLIAMSPORT, PENNSYLVANIA, 17701
- **NAICS:** 213112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Two employees were removing sludge with a vacuum hose and pressure washer inside a frac tank. One of the employees was hit in the foot with the pressurized water (approximately 3500 psi) from the pressure washer, blowing out the employee's boot. The employee sustained a pin-hole injury to the foot and was admitted to the hospital.

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