# Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at Covanta Pinellas
> OSHA SIR `2021043040` · 4/12/2021 · SAINT PETERSBURG, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by discharged object or substance
- **Source:** Pressurized water-blast
- **Secondary source:** Power washers
## Employer
- **Name:** Covanta Pinellas
- **Location:** 3001 110th Avenue North, SAINT PETERSBURG, FLORIDA, 33716
- **NAICS:** 562998
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

At 4:45 p.m. on April 12, 2021, an employee was preparing to pressure-wash an ash hopper. After he was set up, the wand slipped out of his hand and the trigger deployed when it hit the ground. Pressurized water struck his left little finger. He was hospitalized.

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