# Cuts, lacerations at MPW Environmental Services Inc
> OSHA SIR `2021065204` · 6/25/2021 · CLEVELAND, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Face, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by discharged object or substance
- **Source:** Hoses
## Employer
- **Name:** MPW Environmental Services Inc
- **Location:** 1555 Harvard Avenue, CLEVELAND, OHIO, 44105
- **NAICS:** 562998
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a valve to control water flow to the end of a 1/4-inch hose that was being used to clean a drain. The water hose separated from the connector during operation and the employee was struck across the face, resulting in lacerations.

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