# Cuts, lacerations at Trimac NTS
> OSHA SIR `2022098264` · 9/19/2022 · LA PORTE, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Foot (feet), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by discharged object or substance
- **Source:** Pressurized water-blast
- **Secondary source:** Power washers
## Employer
- **Name:** Trimac NTS
- **Location:** 2401 Independence Parkway, LA PORTE, TEXAS, 77571
- **NAICS:** 484121
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning a tank with a pressure washer. He bent down to clean debris and the pressure washer wand entered his boot, causing a laceration to the top of his left foot. The employee was hospitalized.

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