# Cuts, lacerations at Apex Energy Svc
> OSHA SIR `2017010895` · 1/30/2017 · SAINT CLAIRSVILLE, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Toes(s), toenail(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by discharged object or substance
- **Source:** Pressurized water-blast
- **Secondary source:** Power washers
## Employer
- **Name:** Apex Energy Svc
- **Location:** 65243 Campbell Johnson Road, SAINT CLAIRSVILLE, OHIO, 43950
- **NAICS:** 213112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning the inside of tank with a pressure washer and contacted his left foot with the pressurized water blast. It cut through the top of his safety shoe and caused a one inch cut to the left foot behind the big toe area.  The employee was hospitalized.

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