# Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at Dominium
> OSHA SIR `2020065588` · 6/15/2020 · SAINT LOUIS, MISSOURI
## 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:** Hoses
## Employer
- **Name:** Dominium
- **Location:** 1600 Locust Street, SAINT LOUIS, MISSOURI, 63103
- **NAICS:** 541110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was fixing a hydraulic hose on an industrial trash compactor. While his right hand was holding the hose that goes to the ram of the compactor, the compactor actuated. Up to 6500 PSI of hydraulic fluid shot out of a small hole in the hose and pierced a hole in the pad of the employee s right index finger.

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