# Cuts, lacerations at Nera Oilfield Services
> OSHA SIR `2015010807` · 1/26/2015 · WATFORD CITY, NORTH DAKOTA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Slip without fall, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Bodily motion or position of injured, ill worker
## Employer
- **Name:** Nera Oilfield Services
- **Location:** Rural work location, WATFORD CITY, NORTH DAKOTA, 58854
- **NAICS:** 213112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Two employees were pressure washing mud tanks.  The injured employee slipped and grabbed the end of the wand barrel.  He then came into contact with the pressurized water, resulting in a laceration on his leg.  The water was considered dirty which led to a hospitalization as a precautionary measure.

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