# Open wounds, unspecified at Axis Industrial Holdings, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20221210961` · 12/18/2022 · CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Knee(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Open wounds, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall, slip, trip, unspecified
- **Source:** Floor, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Hoses
## Employer
- **Name:** Axis Industrial Holdings, Inc.
- **Location:** 804 North Clarkwood Road, CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS, 78409
- **NAICS:** 238990
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was walking backward while abrasive blasting steel pipe on a stationary flat bed. The employee tripped on the hose of the abrasive blaster and stumbled backward, blasting air and media (coal slag) into his left knee.

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