# Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at Coastal Marine Construction, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2020032570` · 3/18/2020 · BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by discharged object or substance
- **Source:** Pressurized water-blast
- **Secondary source:** Power washers
## Employer
- **Name:** Coastal Marine Construction, LLC
- **Location:** 1 Black Falcon Ave., BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, 02210
- **NAICS:** 237310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning out a hose that was used during concrete pouring. He was pulling out the slack and pulled the trigger on the pressure washer. Water shot out of the pressure washer and punctured his left ring finger.

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