# Multiple traumatic injuries and disorders, n.e.c. at LUPINI CONSTRUCTION, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2017076604` · 7/17/2017 · PLATTSBURGH, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Knee(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Multiple traumatic injuries and disorders, n.e.c.
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by discharged object or substance
- **Source:** Pressurized water-blast
- **Secondary source:** Power washers
## Employer
- **Name:** LUPINI CONSTRUCTION, INC.
- **Location:** SUNY Plattsburgh, PLATTSBURGH, NEW YORK, 12901
- **NAICS:** 238140
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was pressure washing concrete and contacted his left knee with the high pressure water stream (3500 psi) resulting in a laceration to the kneecap and air behind the knee.

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