# Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at Waste Management of PA, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2022108890` · 10/10/2022 · ROARING BRANCH, PENNSYLVANIA
## 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:** Waste Management of PA, Inc.
- **Location:** 1940 Ogdensburg Road, ROARING BRANCH, PENNSYLVANIA, 17765
- **NAICS:** 562111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a 2500-psi to 3500-psi pressure washer to clean mud and sand out of a frac tank. The water sprayed the top of his shoe and punctured the shoe. The employee sustained the injection wound on their foot and was hospitalized.

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