# Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures at Smeal LTE, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2024054538` · 5/23/2024 · EPHRATA, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Forearm(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by discharged object or substance
- **Source:** Chips, particles, splinters  n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Sandblasting machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Smeal LTE, LLC
- **Location:** 64 Cocalico Creek Road, EPHRATA, PENNSYLVANIA, 17522
- **NAICS:** 336112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was shot blasting a weld using aluminum oxide media when the hose kicked and slipped from his hands. The blast nozzle tore through his protective suit and he sustained a laceration/puncture to his left forearm.

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