# Traumatic injuries or exposures  unspecified at Aegis Onshore Inc
> OSHA SIR `2024043484` · 4/22/2024 · RINGTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), except finger(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Traumatic injuries or exposures  unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by discharged object or substance
- **Source:** Lubricating fluids
- **Secondary source:** Other handtools  n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Aegis Onshore Inc
- **Location:** 711 Shenandoah Road, RINGTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA, 17967
- **NAICS:** 221115
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was trying to remove a shrink disk using grease from a grease gun. The grease fitting through which the grease was being supplied broke, and the pressurized grease was injected through the hole for the fitting into the employee's hand.

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