# Cuts, lacerations at Hill Air Force Base, Complex Safety
> OSHA SIR `2016054562` · 5/24/2016 · HILL AIR FORCE BASE, UTAH
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by discharged object or substance
- **Source:** Pressurized water-blast
## Employer
- **Name:** Hill Air Force Base, Complex Safety
- **Location:** Building 269, HILL AIR FORCE BASE, UTAH, 84056
- **NAICS:** 928110
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee was helping to troubleshoot hydro-blast equipment. The hydro-blast operator lost control of the equipment and hit the employee with high-pressure water. He sustained lacerations to his hand and abdomen, as well as an abdomen injury that required surgery.

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