# Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at Guyer Brothers Incorporated
> OSHA SIR `2016031871` · 3/1/2016 · LOYSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA
## 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:** Handtools-powered, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Guyer Brothers Incorporated
- **Location:** 5695 Churchview Road, LOYSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA, 16659
- **NAICS:** 237110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working with a sewer jetter to clean a sewer line and the jetter became stuck. The employee attempted to remove it from the sewer line when the high-pressure dirty water shot into his right index finger, causing an infection.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · MORVS · CC0 1.0*