# Cuts, lacerations at Hough Oilfield Services
> OSHA SIR `2015118263` · 11/3/2015 · CUSHING, OKLAHOMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Arm(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by discharged object or substance
- **Source:** Pressurized water-blast
## Employer
- **Name:** Hough Oilfield Services
- **Location:** 711 W Cherry, CUSHING, OKLAHOMA, 74023
- **NAICS:** 213112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

The employee was conducting a pressure test of a Blow Out Preventer (BOP) when a high pressure water spray contacted the employee's right armpit causing a 1/4 to 1/2" laceration.

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