# Cuts, lacerations at Bass Energy Services, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2018010840` · 1/25/2018 · WASKOM, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), except finger(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by discharged object or substance
- **Source:** Lubricating greases, cutting oils
- **Secondary source:** Turning handtools-powered, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Bass Energy Services, LLC
- **Location:** 1197 Magnolia Rd., WASKOM, TEXAS, 75692
- **NAICS:** 213112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a hydraulic torque wrench to tighten bolts on a flange. The employee's left hand was near the head where the hydraulic hose connects to the wrench. The hose became punctured and injected the employee's left-hand palm with hydraulic fluid, lacerating it.

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