# Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at Smith Industrial Services, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20171010098` · 10/20/2017 · PRATTVILLE, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), except finger(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by discharged object or substance
- **Source:** Pressurized water-blast
- **Secondary source:** Hoses
## Employer
- **Name:** Smith Industrial Services, Inc.
- **Location:** 100 Jensen Road, PRATTVILLE, ALABAMA, 36067
- **NAICS:** 811310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning a pipe with a lance that ejects high-pressure water when the hose burst. The high-pressure water was then injected into his right-hand palm, requiring overnight hospitalization.

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