# Cuts, lacerations at Florida Underground Services, L.L.C.
> OSHA SIR `2019066437` · 6/26/2019 · NORTH PORT, FLORIDA
## 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:** Florida Underground Services, L.L.C.
- **Location:** 2423 Commerce Pkwy, NORTH PORT, FLORIDA, 34289
- **NAICS:** 423810
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a power washer to clean heavy equipment when high-pressure water from its nozzle lacerated the top of his right foot and injected dirt and water into the foot. The employee was hospitalized, requiring surgery.

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