# Cuts, lacerations at Darling Ingredients Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2023042916` · 4/3/2023 · GRAPELAND, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(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:** Darling Ingredients Inc.
- **Location:** 834 FM 227 East, GRAPELAND, TEXAS, 75844
- **NAICS:** 311119
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was on a catwalk pressure washing the inside of a feather dryer to prepare it for maintenance. The employee's knee pad slipped, causing him to lose his balance and move forward. The stream from the pressure washer contacted his left index finger, resulting in a laceration that required hospitalization.

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