# Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at Brand Energy Solutions
> OSHA SIR `2022076184` · 7/15/2022 · PORT ARTHUR, TEXAS
## 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:** Brand Energy Solutions
- **Location:** 2555 Savannah Ave, PORT ARTHUR, TEXAS, 77640
- **NAICS:** 541990
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was sitting on a pipe inside a tank, sandblasting. He put his hose down to slide forward and start sandblasting another area. The hose activated and injected the back of his left leg with sandblasting medium.

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