# Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at Qualawash Holdings LLC
> OSHA SIR `2023065123` · 6/9/2023 · BELPRE, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by discharged object or substance
- **Source:** Pressurized water-blast
- **Secondary source:** Power washers
## Employer
- **Name:** Qualawash Holdings LLC
- **Location:** 12381 State Route 7, Unit A, BELPRE, OHIO, 45714
- **NAICS:** 562998
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning out a mobile tank unit with a pressure washer. The washer's hose failed, causing air and water at high pressure to puncture the employee's hand. The employee was hospitalized.

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