# Abrasions, scratches at Veolia Industrial Services, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018021148` · 2/4/2018 · BAYTOWN, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Arm(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Abrasions, scratches
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by discharged object or substance
- **Source:** Pressurized water-blast
- **Secondary source:** Power washers
## Employer
- **Name:** Veolia Industrial Services, Inc.
- **Location:** 327 FM 565, BAYTOWN, TEXAS, 77523
- **NAICS:** 238990
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was hydro-blasting a 2-inch line with a flex lance at approximately 18,000 psi. The tip inadvertently exited the pipe, striking him in the left arm. The contact resulted in a blunt force abrasion and a possible water injection. He was hospitalized.

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