# Cuts, lacerations at Turner Specialty Services
> OSHA SIR `2019088358` · 8/15/2019 · PLAQUEMINE, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
- **Source:** Power washers
## Employer
- **Name:** Turner Specialty Services
- **Location:** Westlake Chemicals, PLAQUEMINE, LOUISIANA, 70764
- **NAICS:** 213112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was hydroblasting the tubes in a spare condenser with a lance. As he moved the lance from one tube to the next, the lance engaged, jumped back, and lacerated the employee's right hand.

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