# Cuts, lacerations at WEST POINT, THE UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY
> OSHA SIR `2017109740` · 10/10/2017 · WEST POINT, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Elbow(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
- **Source:** Chips, particles, splinters, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Toilets, urinals
## Employer
- **Name:** WEST POINT, THE UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY
- **Location:** Blg 1703 Camp Natural Bridge, WEST POINT, NEW YORK, 10996
- **NAICS:** 928110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee as using compressed air to blow water from a urinal's water line when the pressure caused the urinal to break. A piece of broken porcelain then lacerated his right elbow.

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