# Cuts, lacerations at HydroChem LLC
> OSHA SIR `2017088132` · 8/23/2017 · LONGVIEW, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by discharged object or substance
- **Source:** Pressurized water-blast
- **Secondary source:** Power washers
## Employer
- **Name:** HydroChem LLC
- **Location:** 3800 Creek Wood Circle, LONGVIEW, TEXAS, 75602
- **NAICS:** 561790
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was hydro-blasting a column when the pressure end of the nozzle contacted and lacerated the employee's lower leg.

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