# Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures at U.S. Water Services Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2024043087` · 4/9/2024 · NEW PORT RICHEY, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Foot (feet), toe(s)  unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by discharged object or substance
- **Source:** Pressurized water blast
- **Secondary source:** Other construction, logging, and mining machinery  n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** U.S. Water Services Corporation
- **Location:** 6915 Perrine Ranch Road, NEW PORT RICHEY, FLORIDA, 34655
- **NAICS:** 221310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was soft digging around a pipe with a vacuum truck/trailer and a water hose. The hose nozzle hit the employee's right foot and the water jet lacerated it, causing possible nerve or tendon damage along with a small cut.

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