# Cuts, lacerations at Caraustar Industries, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20181111553` · 11/8/2018 · CINCINNATI, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Foot (feet), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by discharged object or substance
- **Source:** Pressurized water-blast
- **Secondary source:** Power washers
## Employer
- **Name:** Caraustar Industries, Inc.
- **Location:** 550 WOOSTER ROAD, CINCINNATI, OHIO, 45226
- **NAICS:** 322299
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a 5,000 psi high-pressure washer. The water stream penetrated his steel-toed rubber boot, cutting the top of his foot.

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