# Cuts, lacerations at MPW Industrial Services
> OSHA SIR `2017066031` · 6/28/2017 · PAHOKEE, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by discharged object or substance
- **Source:** Pressurized water-blast
- **Secondary source:** Power washers
## Employer
- **Name:** MPW Industrial Services
- **Location:** 32298 Highway 98, PAHOKEE, FLORIDA, 33476
- **NAICS:** 562998
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning industrial equipment with a high-pressure washer when the water stream contacted and lacerated his back.

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