# Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard
> OSHA SIR `2020065429` · 6/10/2020 · KITTERY, MAINE
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by discharged object or substance
- **Source:** Source, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Sandblasters-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Portsmouth Naval Shipyard
- **Location:** Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, KITTERY, MAINE, 03904
- **NAICS:** 336611
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

While sandblasting, an employee lost his grip on the sand blasting nozzle. The nozzle recoiled back at the employee's leg and blast grit embedded into the skin on his leg. The employee was hospitalized.

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