# Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at Betzen Trenching
> OSHA SIR `2023032239` · 3/11/2023 · WICHITA, KANSAS
## 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:** Excavating machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Betzen Trenching
- **Location:** 2060 Tulsa Street East, WICHITA, KANSAS, 67216
- **NAICS:** 237110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was hydrovacing a pole hole when the hydrovac wand sprayed their left foot, resulting in a puncture.

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