# Cuts, lacerations at Bison Specialty Services
> OSHA SIR `2018032170` · 3/4/2018 · BEAUMONT, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by discharged object or substance
- **Source:** Pressurized water-blast
## Employer
- **Name:** Bison Specialty Services
- **Location:** 9981 US-90, BEAUMONT, TEXAS, 77713
- **NAICS:** 811310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was inspecting his equipment to make sure all safety equipment was in place and properly operating. He was moving a flex lance to another tube when the dump valve was engaged. High-pressure water from the flex lance tip released and cut his left hand.

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