# Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at Taylor's Industrial Coatings, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017087464` · 8/5/2017 · RIVERVIEW, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thigh(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by discharged object or substance
- **Source:** Nonclassifiable
- **Secondary source:** Sandblasters-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Taylor's Industrial Coatings, Inc.
- **Location:** The Mosaic Company, RIVERVIEW, FLORIDA, 33578
- **NAICS:** 238320
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was grit blasting the exterior of a sulfur tank when he lost his grip on the blast nozzle. The hose swung freely, and the blast media was injected into his upper thigh.

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