# Cuts, lacerations at Halley Engineering Contractors, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2023043013` · 4/5/2023 · MIAMI, 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:** Halley Engineering Contractors, Inc.
- **Location:** 13901 NW 118th Ave., MIAMI, FLORIDA, 33178
- **NAICS:** 237310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning the truck using a pressure washer. Upon finishing, the employee went to wash the hand towel that he was holding. When he started spraying the water, it cut through his work gloves, resulting in a laceration on the back of his hand. The water entered the wound and it began to swell.

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