# Abrasions, scratches at Wood Group USA, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2019054952` · 5/15/2019 · WATFORD CITY, NORTH DAKOTA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Abrasions, scratches
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by discharged object or substance
- **Source:** Source, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Sandblasters-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Wood Group USA, Inc.
- **Location:** 1202 Second Avenue SW, WATFORD CITY, NORTH DAKOTA, 58854
- **NAICS:** 237120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using abrasive blasting equipment as part of the fabrication process for a steel tubular rack. The employee's left hand suffered an abrasion that required hospitalization after it was struck by the blasting media.

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