# Abrasions, scratches at Cornerstone Synergy
> OSHA SIR `2019088402` · 8/15/2019 · MENTONE, TEXAS
## 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:** Cornerstone Synergy
- **Location:** N Hwy 1 on Battlelack Rd, MENTONE, TEXAS, 79754
- **NAICS:** 213112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee sandblasting a pipeline. The sandblasting medium was not blowing well, so he approached the compressor; when the hose was disconnected, the machine sandblasted his left hand. He was hospitalized.

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