# Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at SM Fencing & Energy Services
> OSHA SIR `2016010609` · 1/22/2016 · DICKINSON, NORTH DAKOTA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Forearm(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by discharged object or substance
- **Source:** Coal, natural gas, petroleum fuels and products, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Sandblasters-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** SM Fencing & Energy Services
- **Location:** 3374 112 South Avenue SW, DICKINSON, NORTH DAKOTA, 58601
- **NAICS:** 213112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was hospitalized after being shot in the forearm with abrasive material from a pneumatic sand blaster.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · AI Analytics · CC0 1.0*