# Cuts, lacerations at Best Chicago Meat Company, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2021010390` · 1/14/2021 · CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Face, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by discharged object or substance
- **Source:** Pressurized water-blast
- **Secondary source:** Power washers
## Employer
- **Name:** Best Chicago Meat Company, LLC
- **Location:** 4649 W. Armitage Avenue, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, 60639
- **NAICS:** 311612
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a pressure washer to wash a machine. He turned it off, but it reactivated. The hose went out of control and sprayed water on his neck, chin, and face. He suffered a cut to the face.

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