# Amputations at JT Claery Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018077007` · 7/12/2018 · SPRING VALLEY, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by discharged object or substance
- **Source:** Pressurized water-blast
- **Secondary source:** Power washers
## Employer
- **Name:** JT Claery Inc.
- **Location:** 100 Red School house Rd, SPRING VALLEY, NEW YORK, 10977
- **NAICS:** 237990
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using an underwater blaster to clear barnacle off of wooden columns when a wave came in and splashed against him, knocking him off balance and into the path of the blaster's water jet, which cut his left index finger. His left index finger was amputated.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · AI Analytics · CC0 1.0*