# Cuts, lacerations at National Vacuum Environmental Services Corp
> OSHA SIR `2017109882` · 10/14/2017 · ROCHESTER, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thigh(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to slipping
- **Source:** Floor, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** National Vacuum Environmental Services Corp
- **Location:** 100 Latona Rd., ROCHESTER, NEW YORK, 14652
- **NAICS:** 561720
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was pressure-washing slag through a 3-inch port at the bottom section of a boiler. While blasting the slag, the employee lost his balance and released his grip on the pressure-washing lance. He slipped and fell backwards into a wingnut protruding from a hatch on the boiler and lacerated his right thigh.

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