# Multiple types of open wounds at D E Rice Construction
> OSHA SIR `2020087951` · 8/21/2020 · HEARNE, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Arm(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Multiple types of open wounds
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by discharged object or substance
- **Source:** Sand, gravel
- **Secondary source:** Sandblasters-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** D E Rice Construction
- **Location:** 2685 South San Gabriel, HEARNE, TEXAS, 77859
- **NAICS:** 237120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was sand blasting a tank and was struck in the right arm by the air and sand (125 psi) which penetrated and lacerated their arm.

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