# Cuts, lacerations at Vecta Environmental Services, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2016031909` · 3/3/2016 · PORT ALLEN, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by discharged object or substance
- **Source:** Pressurized water-blast
- **Secondary source:** Power washers
## Employer
- **Name:** Vecta Environmental Services, LLC
- **Location:** Baton Rouge State Docks, PORT ALLEN, LOUISIANA, 70767
- **NAICS:** 562998
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning his boot with a high-power pressure washer when the washer lacerated the area above the right ankle.

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