# Cuts, lacerations at RKB SHEET METAL INC.
> OSHA SIR `2018032775` · 3/21/2018 · LAKE KATRINE, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by discharged object or substance
- **Source:** Pressurized water-blast
- **Secondary source:** Sawing machinery-stationary, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** RKB SHEET METAL INC.
- **Location:** 15 ANACONDA DRIVE, LAKE KATRINE, NEW YORK, 12449
- **NAICS:** 238220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was measuring and cutting insulation using a water jet cutter when his hands went under the water jet, lacerating his right pinky. The machine was guarded at the time.

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