# Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at Thompson Industrial Services LLC
> OSHA SIR `2016109600` · 10/11/2016 · BLYTHEVILLE, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Foot (feet), n.e.c.
- **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:** Thompson Industrial Services LLC
- **Location:** 5929 AR-18, BLYTHEVILLE, ARKANSAS, 72316
- **NAICS:** 333318
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a pressure washer to clean sludge in the bottom of a pit when the pressure washer's water stream penetrated the employee's boot and was injected into the top of the left foot.

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