# Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at J.A. RIGGS TRACTOR COMPANY
> OSHA SIR `2020054202` · 5/5/2020 · BENTON, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thigh(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by discharged object or substance
- **Source:** Pressurized water-blast
- **Secondary source:** Power washers
## Employer
- **Name:** J.A. RIGGS TRACTOR COMPANY
- **Location:** 20453 Interstate 30, BENTON, ARKANSAS, 72015
- **NAICS:** 423810
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was washing off the machine wash rack area using a spray wand. He then started washing down the wash rack floor, stepping backwards while continuing to wash in a side to side motion. The pressure washer wand went across his left knee area; the water punctured his jeans and his skin just above the left knee. He was hospitalized.

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