# Cuts, lacerations at Master Vac Industrial Services, LLC.
> OSHA SIR `2018010994` · 1/30/2018 · GEISMAR, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by discharged object or substance
- **Source:** Pressurized water-blast
- **Secondary source:** Power washers
## Employer
- **Name:** Master Vac Industrial Services, LLC.
- **Location:** 6260 Hwy 73, GEISMAR, LOUISIANA, 70734
- **NAICS:** 562998
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a high-pressure sprayer to clean inside a vessel when the spray nozzle trigger became stuck. As the employee attempted to loosen it, it sprayed his left leg, cutting it.

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