# Abrasions, scratches at First Call Field Services Corp
> OSHA SIR `2017054384` · 5/15/2017 · COVE, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Arm(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Abrasions, scratches
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by discharged object or substance
- **Source:** Nonclassifiable
- **Secondary source:** Sandblasters-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** First Call Field Services Corp
- **Location:** 1.4 miles south of IH 10 & HWY 565, COVE, TEXAS, 77523
- **NAICS:** 237120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was helping to sandblast an underground pipe with a hose and sandblasting wand when the wand pointed at his arm and released sandblasting material under high pressure. He suffered a serious arm abrasion.

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