# Cuts, lacerations at Surface Technologies Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2015010639` · 1/20/2015 · NORFOLK, VIRGINIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to tripping, unspecified
- **Source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Surface Technologies Corporation
- **Location:** 731 E. 25TH STREET, NORFOLK, VIRGINIA, 23504
- **NAICS:** 336611
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee operating a water blaster tripped and fell. When the employee picked the water blaster back up, his hands were cut by the water pressure. The employee was taken to the hospital and was hospitalized. The cut had to be kept open because of possible debris intrusion in the open wound.

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