# Amputations at HydroChem, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2018099497` · 9/14/2018 · POINT COMFORT, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Arm(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by discharged object or substance
- **Source:** Pressurized water-blast
- **Secondary source:** Power washers
## Employer
- **Name:** HydroChem, LLC
- **Location:** 1120 Marcus Navarro, POINT COMFORT, TEXAS, 77978
- **NAICS:** 561210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning a filter basket with a 40,000 PSI pressure washer when the water gun rotated towards the employee and the pressurized water blast lacerated his right arm. The employee was hospitalized and the arm was amputated.

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