# Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at KCI Construction, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017064996` · 6/1/2017 · SAINT LOUIS, MISSOURI
## 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:** Lubricating greases, cutting oils
- **Secondary source:** Aerial lifts, scissor lifts-except truck-mounted
## Employer
- **Name:** KCI Construction, Inc.
- **Location:** Poplar Street Bridge, SAINT LOUIS, MISSOURI, 63103
- **NAICS:** 237310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was looking for a hydraulic leak on a boom lift when the hydraulic hose burst and injected fluid into the employee's left middle finger and lacerated it, requiring surgery.

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