# Cuts, lacerations at James J. Anderson Construction Company, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20161110415` · 11/4/2016 · PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA
## 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:** James J. Anderson Construction Company, Inc.
- **Location:** 6958 Torresdale Avenue, PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, 19135
- **NAICS:** 237990
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning a truck with a pressure washer when the employee's left hand was lacerated by the pressure washer's stream of high-pressure water.

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