# Surface and flesh wounds  unspecified at NXL Technologies, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2025065218` · 6/2/2025 · MIDLAND, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thigh(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Surface and flesh wounds  unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by discharged object or substance
- **Source:** Chips, particles, splinters  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Sandblasting machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** NXL Technologies, LLC
- **Location:** 7615 W Industrial Ave, MIDLAND, TEXAS, 79706
- **NAICS:** 213112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was sandblasting in the bay and was maneuvering around the blowout preventer (BOP) when the sandblasting hose became caught on a corner of the BOP. The nozzle of the hose jerked downward, discharging high-pressure abrasive material at the employee's upper left thigh. The employee was hospitalized with a high-pressure injection injury.

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