# Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at C & K Industrial Services, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2020098485` · 9/5/2020 · CLEVELAND, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Trunk, unspecified
- **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:** C & K Industrial Services, Inc.
- **Location:** Arcelor Mittal, CLEVELAND, OHIO, 44105
- **NAICS:** 562998
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On the morning of 9/05/2020, an employee was using a water jet machine to clear a plugged sewer line. Around 11:48 AM, the jetter nozzle struck an obstacle in the line that caused it to change direction back toward the sewer line opening. Once the nozzle reached the opening of the manhole, the backjets sent the nozzle up the manhole. The nozzle struck the employee in the torso, knocked him over, and got caught in the clothes around his torso while still under pressure. The employee sustained puncture wounds from the pressurized water and was hospitalized.

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