# Cuts, lacerations at MPW Environmental Services
> OSHA SIR `20191111917` · 11/15/2019 · OREGON, OHIO
## 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:** MPW Environmental Services
- **Location:** 4701 Bay shore Rd., OREGON, OHIO, 43616
- **NAICS:** 561790
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was pressure-washing a concrete walkway using a 10,000-psi water spin jet system. His hose got caught on the railing and the gun shot water onto his right foot, lacerating it.

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