# Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at Precision Pipeline, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2017076072` · 7/1/2017 · WEST UNION, WEST VIRGINIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Arm(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by discharged object or substance
- **Source:** Nonclassifiable
- **Secondary source:** Sandblasters-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Precision Pipeline, LLC
- **Location:** Hwy 50, WEST UNION, WEST VIRGINIA, 26456
- **NAICS:** 237120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

While sandblasting a pipeline, an employee stepped on the sandblaster's air hose. The nozzle then swung toward the employee, and sandblast media was injected into his arm.

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