# Cuts, lacerations at International Fire Protection, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2023065058` · 6/8/2023 · WILSONVILLE, ALABAMA
## 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:** International Fire Protection, Inc.
- **Location:** Gaston Steam Plant, WILSONVILLE, ALABAMA, 35186
- **NAICS:** 922160
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning sludge out of a fire suppression system pipe using a pressure washer. They withdrew the pressure washing wand from inside the pipe and it projected water onto their left hand, resulting in a laceration on the palm between the middle and ring fingers.

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