# Open wounds involving internal organs, major blood vessels at HPC Industrial Services, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2025043553` · 4/16/2025 · POINT COMFORT, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Small intestine
- **Nature of injury:** Open wounds involving internal organs, major blood vessels
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by discharged object or substance
- **Source:** Water, liquids nonchemical
- **Secondary source:** Pressure fluid cutting machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** HPC Industrial Services, LLC
- **Location:** 201 Formosa Dr, POINT COMFORT, TEXAS, 77978
- **NAICS:** 562910
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was hydro-blasting the walls inside a tank to remove polymer buildup. The weep hole on the inlet fitting of the hydro-blasting shotgun leaked, causing a high-pressure water injection to the employee's abdomen. The employee was hospitalized with an internal injury requiring surgery.

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