# Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at Fincantieri Marine Group LLC
> OSHA SIR `2017066063` · 6/30/2017 · STURGEON BAY, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by discharged object or substance
- **Source:** Nonclassifiable
- **Secondary source:** Special process machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Fincantieri Marine Group LLC
- **Location:** 605 N Third Avenue, STURGEON BAY, WISCONSIN, 54235
- **NAICS:** 336611
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was repairing an abrasive blasting pressure pot. The employee turned off the blasting machine before leaving the area to get a different tool. While the employee was away, a coworker turned the machine back on. When the employee returned to continue work, the coworker triggered the system, striking the employee with pressurized blast media. The employee suffered a serious abrasion and punctures to the face, neck, torso, arms, and leg, requiring hospitalization. The machine was not locked/tagged out at the time of the incident.

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