# Traumatic injuries or exposures  unspecified at OZARKS ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE CORPORATION
> OSHA SIR `2024032456` · 3/19/2024 · STILWELL, OKLAHOMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Traumatic injuries or exposures  unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by discharged object or substance
- **Source:** Lubricating fluids
- **Secondary source:** Hydraulic and pressurized hoses, lines
## Employer
- **Name:** OZARKS ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE CORPORATION
- **Location:** 87851 Highway 59, STILWELL, OKLAHOMA, 74960
- **NAICS:** 221122
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was part of a crew that was installing a new utility pole and was holding a high-pressure hose when it developed a pin hole leak, injecting hydraulic fluid into the index finger on his left hand.

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