# Cuts, lacerations at Cape Leisure Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2021119537` · 11/4/2021 · PALMDALE, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), except finger(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by discharged object or substance
- **Source:** Pressurized water-blast
- **Secondary source:** Power washers
## Employer
- **Name:** Cape Leisure Corporation
- **Location:** 7555 US Highway 27 North, PALMDALE, FLORIDA, 33944
- **NAICS:** 721214
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a pressure washer to clean a garbage can. The can started to fall over; when he moved to catch it, the pressure spray lacerated the top of his hand.

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