# Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures at WM - Montrose County Landfill
> OSHA SIR `2025077114` · 7/22/2025 · MONTROSE, COLORADO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), finger(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:** Pressure washers
## Employer
- **Name:** WM - Montrose County Landfill
- **Location:** 67999 Landfill Road, MONTROSE, COLORADO, 81401
- **NAICS:** 562111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was pressure washing a bulldozer to clean off trash and dirt when his hand was lacerated by the high-pressure stream of water. The employee required surgery.

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