# Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at Production Downhole Services Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017065121` · 6/5/2017 · DENVER CITY, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by discharged object or substance
- **Source:** Pressurized air-blast
- **Secondary source:** Oil drilling rigs and machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Production Downhole Services Inc.
- **Location:** 1602 HWy 83, DENVER CITY, TEXAS, 79323
- **NAICS:** 213112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was performing maintenance on equipment while pressuring the unit up to the correct PSI. His hand was on top of the equipment when the air punctured his hand.

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