# Cuts, lacerations at Excel Modular Scaffolding
> OSHA SIR `2023032050` · 3/6/2023 · NORCO, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by discharged object or substance
- **Source:** Pressurized water-blast
- **Secondary source:** Power washers
## Employer
- **Name:** Excel Modular Scaffolding
- **Location:** Shell Norco Refinery, NORCO, LOUISIANA, 70079
- **NAICS:** 238990
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a pressure washer to blast the coating of a vessel when the pressure washer contacted his leg, resulting in a laceration and water injection into the skin.

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