# Cuts, lacerations at Gates Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2023087253` · 8/9/2023 · SILOAM SPRINGS, ARKANSAS
## 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:** Gates Corporation
- **Location:** 1801 N. Lincoln St., SILOAM SPRINGS, ARKANSAS, 72761
- **NAICS:** 326220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On 8/9/2023, an employee was pressure washing a mandrel shell when the pressurized mixture lacerated their right hand near the thumb. The employee was hospitalized.

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