# Cuts, lacerations at Supreme Plant Services, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017077121` · 7/29/2017 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thigh(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by discharged object or substance
- **Source:** Water
- **Secondary source:** Handtools-powered, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Supreme Plant Services, Inc.
- **Location:** 8360 Market Street, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77029
- **NAICS:** 238990
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was standing outside a storage tank while water blasting operations were being conducted inside. The employee's upper legs were cut by water coming out of the manway from a water blaster being used to blast asphalt inside the storage tank.

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