# Cuts, lacerations at Government Services Group, Inc
> OSHA SIR `20161211251` · 12/1/2016 · PORTSMOUTH, VIRGINIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple leg locations, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by discharged object or substance
- **Source:** Source, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Sandblasters-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Government Services Group, Inc
- **Location:** Norfolk Naval Shipyard, PORTSMOUTH, VIRGINIA, 23703
- **NAICS:** 561330
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee was abrasive blasting inside a small mockup tank. The employee lost control of the blast hose and suffered lacerations to the left thigh and left leg from blast grit.

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