# Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at W. Brown Enterprises, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2023032591` · 3/22/2023 · VAN ALSTYNE, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by discharged object or substance
- **Source:** Lubricating greases, cutting oils
- **Secondary source:** Hoses
## Employer
- **Name:** W. Brown Enterprises, Inc.
- **Location:** Off Hwy 5 in Van Alstyne, VAN ALSTYNE, TEXAS, 75495
- **NAICS:** 237130
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was looking for a leak in a cluster of hydraulic hoses. A foot lever was tapped, causing hydraulic fluid to shoot out of the damaged hose and puncture the employee's right index finger.

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