# Cuts, lacerations at Concrete & Masonry Restoration, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2019077546` · 7/24/2019 · JANESVILLE, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Foot (feet), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by discharged object or substance
- **Source:** Pressurized water-blast
- **Secondary source:** Power washers
## Employer
- **Name:** Concrete & Masonry Restoration, LLC
- **Location:** Job site in janesville, JANESVILLE, WISCONSIN, 53548
- **NAICS:** 238140
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a 7,000-psi pressure washer to clean out caulk from concrete. The hose to the pressure washer got entangled and as the employee freed the hose, the pressure washer traversed across his foot while spraying, causing a severe laceration requiring hospitalization.

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