# Cuts, lacerations at STS Aviation Services - Tank Tigers
> OSHA SIR `2020054900` · 5/27/2020 · LAKE CHARLES, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Arm(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Hoses
## Employer
- **Name:** STS Aviation Services - Tank Tigers
- **Location:** 4400 SEN J. BENNETT JOHNSTON AVE, LAKE CHARLES, LOUISIANA, 70615
- **NAICS:** 488190
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was inside a fuel tank preparing to clean it out using a high-pressure water hose. The water was turned on and the hose whipped around and hit the employee in the arm causing a laceration. The employee was hospitalized and had surgery on his arm.

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