# Cuts, lacerations at R&R Truck Sales INC
> OSHA SIR `2023043440` · 4/17/2023 · AKRON, OHIO
## 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:** R&R Truck Sales INC
- **Location:** 1650 East Waterloo Road, AKRON, OHIO, 44306
- **NAICS:** 423110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was attempting to reseal the leaking nozzle tip of a pressure washer when the pressurized water discharged into the palm of his left hand, lacerating it.

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