# Cuts, lacerations at Wastewater Specialties, LLC
> OSHA SIR `20171211777` · 12/12/2017 · WESTLAKE, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thigh(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by discharged object or substance
- **Source:** Pressurized water-blast
- **Secondary source:** Cutting handtools-powered, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Wastewater Specialties, LLC
- **Location:** 2200 Old Spanish Trail, WESTLAKE, LOUISIANA, 70669
- **NAICS:** 541620
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cutting windows in the sheet metal of a tank using high-pressure water (40k) when the equipment's magnet, which holds the cutter to the tank, failed. The water then lacerated the employee's right thigh above the knee.

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