# Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at Forjak Industrial
> OSHA SIR `2020109733` · 10/13/2020 · COLUMBUS, OHIO
## 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:** Source, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Sandblasters-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Forjak Industrial
- **Location:** 1221 Georgesville Road, COLUMBUS, OHIO, 43228
- **NAICS:** 238320
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee had been media blasting for about an hour. Due to a clog, the employee lost control of the blasting nozzle. The employee's left hand slid in front of the blasting nozzle and the garnet sand used for media blasting went into the employee's hand. The employee was hospitalized and their left thumb required a skin graft.

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