# Cuts, lacerations at Carpenter Company
> OSHA SIR `20161211483` · 12/9/2016 · LAKELAND, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Foot (feet), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by discharged object or substance
- **Source:** Pressurized water-blast
- **Secondary source:** Power washers
## Employer
- **Name:** Carpenter Company
- **Location:** 5150 Frontage Rd S, LAKELAND, FLORIDA, 33815
- **NAICS:** 326140
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a power washer when the high-pressure water lacerated the employee's foot.

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