# Cuts, lacerations at JJ WHITE, INC.
> OSHA SIR `20201211958` · 12/23/2020 · PAULSBORO, NEW JERSEY
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Knee(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by discharged object or substance
- **Source:** Pressurized water-blast
- **Secondary source:** Hoses
## Employer
- **Name:** JJ WHITE, INC.
- **Location:** 800 Jenkins Blvd, PAULSBORO, NEW JERSEY, 08066
- **NAICS:** 238220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cutting a heat exchanger with high-pressure water. The hose broke and the water cut a tendon in the employee's knee.

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