# Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at Allied Waste Service of North America, LLC
> OSHA SIR `20191011365` · 10/31/2019 · FAIRMONT, WEST VIRGINIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by discharged object or substance
- **Source:** Pressurized water-blast
- **Secondary source:** Power washers
## Employer
- **Name:** Allied Waste Service of North America, LLC
- **Location:** 2 12th St, FAIRMONT, WEST VIRGINIA, 26554
- **NAICS:** 562111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning mud off his boots with a 3,500 psi pressure washer when he lost control of the pressure washer and was struck on the right calf with pressurized washer spray. He suffered a puncture wound to the right calf and was hospitalized.

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