# Cuts, lacerations at Blok Builders, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2016032371` · 3/18/2016 · MIAMI, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by discharged object or substance
- **Source:** Pressurized water-blast
- **Secondary source:** Power washers
## Employer
- **Name:** Blok Builders, LLC
- **Location:** 7421 SW 55th Avenue, MIAMI, FLORIDA, 33143
- **NAICS:** 238190
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was power washing exterior windows when the end of the washer tip went across his left hand, lacerating it and requiring surgery to repair a damaged tendon.

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