# Cuts, lacerations at Norfolk Naval Shipyard
> OSHA SIR `2019099110` · 9/3/2019 · PORTSMOUTH, VIRGINIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by discharged object or substance
- **Source:** Pressurized water-blast
- **Secondary source:** Power washers
## Employer
- **Name:** Norfolk Naval Shipyard
- **Location:** Code 106, Building 29, PORTSMOUTH, VIRGINIA, 23709
- **NAICS:** 336611
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee was water blasting onboard an aircraft carrier when the water lacerated her right calf.

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