# Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at Halliburton Energy Service
> OSHA SIR `2018010502` · 1/16/2018 · KERMIT, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by discharged object or substance
- **Source:** Pressurized water-blast
## Employer
- **Name:** Halliburton Energy Service
- **Location:** Felix Energy Snow Mass 290-27H, KERMIT, TEXAS, 79745
- **NAICS:** 213111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was troubleshooting a pump and opened a plug valve.  When the valve opened, pressurized water came out and struck the employee's left hand, puncturing it.

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