# Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at HIGHWAY TRANSPORT, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2021086886` · 8/13/2021 · LA PORTE, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Foot (feet), unspecified
- **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:** HIGHWAY TRANSPORT, INC.
- **Location:** 520 S. 16th Street, LA PORTE, TEXAS, 77571
- **NAICS:** 484220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was pressure washing a valve when the tip of the pressure washer contacted his left foot and the water stream penetrated his rubber boot just below the left pinky toe, resulting in a puncture wound.

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