# Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at Weatherford International
> OSHA SIR `2017098733` · 9/12/2017 · ELMENDORF, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thigh(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by discharged object or substance
- **Source:** Pressurized water-blast
- **Secondary source:** Valves, nozzles
## Employer
- **Name:** Weatherford International
- **Location:** 19685 IH 37 South, ELMENDORF, TEXAS, 78112
- **NAICS:** 213112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was testing a 10,000 lb. frac valve. The quarter-inch needle valve came off and pressurized water shot through his left thigh.

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