# Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at Mattawa Industrial Services, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2015053786` · 5/29/2015 · FORT LUPTON, COLORADO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Toes(s), toenail(s)
- **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:** Mattawa Industrial Services, Inc.
- **Location:** 16270 Weld County Road 22, FORT LUPTON, COLORADO, 80621
- **NAICS:** 213112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On May 29, 2015, an employee was working inside a sulpha treat reactor vessel using a high pressure (5000 PSI) water sprayer gun to cut off the congealed catalyst material inside. The employee slipped and fell; the high-pressure water sprayer hit the employee's right foot and punctured a hole through the rubber boot. The employee sustained a puncture open wound on the right foot, second toe. The employee was hospitalized and received treatment.

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