# Cuts, lacerations at Cora Texas Manufacturing Company
> OSHA SIR `2021010721` · 1/26/2021 · WHITE CASTLE, LOUISIANA
## 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:** Cora Texas Manufacturing Company
- **Location:** 32505 LA-1, WHITE CASTLE, LOUISIANA, 70788
- **NAICS:** 311314
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a pressure washer to clean equipment. He slipped and the water stream lacerated his left hand. He was hospitalized, undergoing surgery to the hand.

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