# Cuts, lacerations at High-Tec Industrial Services, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2016042788` · 4/3/2016 · LIMA, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by discharged object or substance
- **Source:** Pressurized water-blast
- **Secondary source:** Handtools-powered, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** High-Tec Industrial Services, Inc.
- **Location:** 1900 Fort Amanada Road, LIMA, OHIO, 45804
- **NAICS:** 561790
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On or about April 3, 2016, an employee was operating a water lance to clean a fixed pipe when he made contact with pressurized water, lacerating his left thumb.

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