# Cuts, lacerations at Vadakin Inc
> OSHA SIR `2017088159` · 8/24/2017 · BEULAH, NORTH DAKOTA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Nonclassifiable
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by discharged object or substance
- **Source:** Pressurized water-blast
- **Secondary source:** Power washers
## Employer
- **Name:** Vadakin Inc
- **Location:** 6240 13th Street SW, BEULAH, NORTH DAKOTA, 58523
- **NAICS:** 561720
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was power washing a vertical pipe while standing on a step ladder when the employee's foot went off the ladder. The power washer wand was then pulled out of the pipe, and the high-pressure washer fluid contacted and cut the employee.

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