# Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at Abrams-Kiewit Joint Venture
> OSHA SIR `2018043817` · 4/20/2018 · EL PASO, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), except finger(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by discharged object or substance
- **Source:** Petroleum fuels, distillates, and products, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Aerial lifts, scissor lifts-except truck-mounted
## Employer
- **Name:** Abrams-Kiewit Joint Venture
- **Location:** Borderwest Expressway, EL PASO, TEXAS, 79922
- **NAICS:** 237310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating an aerial lift when the main control feed line ruptured, injecting fluid into his right palm.

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