# Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at Dakota Gasification Company
> OSHA SIR `2015041969` · 4/13/2015 · BEULAH, NORTH DAKOTA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
## Cause
- **Event:** Explosion of pressure vessel, piping, or tire
- **Source:** Hoses
## Employer
- **Name:** Dakota Gasification Company
- **Location:** 420 County Road 26, BEULAH, NORTH DAKOTA, 58523
- **NAICS:** 325120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was holding a hydraulic hose while pressurizing a high-torque wrench to remove large nuts from a pressure vessel. The hydraulic hose ruptured, puncturing the employee's left index finger.

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