# Cuts, lacerations at Deepwell Energy Services, LLC.
> OSHA SIR `2016054429` · 5/20/2016 · WAYNESBORO, MISSISSIPPI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
- **Source:** Metal chips, particles
## Employer
- **Name:** Deepwell Energy Services, LLC.
- **Location:** 6739 Old Hwy 184, WAYNESBORO, MISSISSIPPI, 39367
- **NAICS:** 237120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a sledge hammer to install a master pin into the track of a track hoe. When the employee struck the pin with the sledge hammer, a small piece of metal splintered off the pin and struck the employee in the right leg below the knee, puncturing the leg and lacerating an artery.

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