# Cuts, lacerations at Hill Services Industrial & Environmental
> OSHA SIR `20191212405` · 12/2/2019 · MALVERN, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by discharged object or substance
- **Source:** Pressurized water-blast
- **Secondary source:** Power washers
## Employer
- **Name:** Hill Services Industrial & Environmental
- **Location:** 1275 Willamette Rd, MALVERN, ARKANSAS, 72104
- **NAICS:** 562998
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was lancing a line (high-pressure water cleaning) when the lance whipped out under pressure and cut the employee. The employee received a water laceration to the ribcage area.

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