# Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at Forjak Industrial, Inc
> OSHA SIR `2018021988` · 2/27/2018 · KANSAS CITY, KANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by discharged object or substance
- **Source:** Source, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Sandblasters-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Forjak Industrial, Inc
- **Location:** 10824 Parallel Parkway, KANSAS CITY, KANSAS, 66109
- **NAICS:** 236220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was dry blasting garnet media from a step ladder. As he went to step down a rung, he stepped on the hose, angled the blasting gun down toward his leg, and blasted his thigh. He suffered a right leg media intrusion and required hospitalization.

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