# Abrasions, scratches at MPW Industrial Services, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018065963` · 6/18/2018 · SOUTH BAY, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Abrasions, scratches
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by discharged object or substance
- **Source:** Pressurized water-blast
- **Secondary source:** Power washers
## Employer
- **Name:** MPW Industrial Services, Inc.
- **Location:** 8501 US Highway 27 South, SOUTH BAY, FLORIDA, 33493
- **NAICS:** 562998
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was lancing heater tubes with pressurized water equipment. When he pulled the lance out, the pressurized water struck his left bicep and chest, resulting in abrasions and hospitalization.

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