# Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at Rig Master Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2019044057` · 4/22/2019 · VICK, LOUISIANA
## 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:** Handtools-powered, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Rig Master Inc.
- **Location:** 3543 Vick Road, VICK, LOUISIANA, 71331
- **NAICS:** 237120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A maintenance employee was using an air-powered grease gun to grease some floating mooring bits when it injected grease underneath his thumb.

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