# Cuts, lacerations at Sunbelt Rentals, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2020032151` · 3/5/2020 · JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by discharged object or substance
- **Source:** Pressurized water-blast
- **Secondary source:** Power washers
## Employer
- **Name:** Sunbelt Rentals, Inc.
- **Location:** 5858 Broadway Ave, JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA, 32254
- **NAICS:** 532490
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On March 5, 2020, an employee was using a pressure washer to clean a scrubber. When the washer was activated, the wand jumped away from the hose and lacerated his left hand with water (pressurized at 3,500 psi). He was hospitalized.

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