# Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard
> OSHA SIR `2017076841` · 7/22/2017 · KITTERY, MAINE
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Foot (feet), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by discharged object or substance
- **Source:** Pressurized water-blast
- **Secondary source:** Cutting handtools-powered, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Portsmouth Naval Shipyard
- **Location:** Seavy Island, KITTERY, MAINE, 03904
- **NAICS:** 336611
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was conducting ultra high-pressure water jet cutting when his knee buckled and he lost his balance. As he was attempting to regain his balance, the cutting wand moved over his left foot and punctured a hole through it. He was hospitalized.

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