# Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at URS Federal Technical Services-AECOM
> OSHA SIR `2016065678` · 6/24/2016 · FORT POLK, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by discharged object or substance
- **Source:** Lubricating greases, cutting oils
- **Secondary source:** Handtools-powered, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** URS Federal Technical Services-AECOM
- **Location:** 2650 Louisiana Avenue, FORT POLK, LOUISIANA, 71459
- **NAICS:** 811111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was holding and using a pressurized pneumatic grease gun when a leak in the line caused pressurized grease to inject into his left middle finger between the first and second knuckle.

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