# Cuts, lacerations at Southwest Construction Company, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2016065081` · 6/8/2016 · MARCH AIR RESERVE BASE, CALIFORNIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Upper arm(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object or equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Nonclassifiable
- **Secondary source:** Power washers
## Employer
- **Name:** Southwest Construction Company, Inc.
- **Location:** Airfield, MARCH AIR RESERVE BASE, CALIFORNIA, 92518
- **NAICS:** 238110
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee was power-washing the airfield surface when the water spray or the sharp edge of the spray nozzle lacerated his upper left arm. He was hospitalized.

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