# Cuts, lacerations at Tidewater, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2022108716` · 10/4/2022 · TUSCALOOSA, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Tongue
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by discharged object or substance
- **Source:** Pressurized water-blast
- **Secondary source:** Power washers
## Employer
- **Name:** Tidewater, Inc.
- **Location:** 10300 69 HWY, TUSCALOOSA, ALABAMA, 35405
- **NAICS:** 562910
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning a mechanical room floor with a gasoline-powered pressure washer. The water jet lacerated the employee's tongue.

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