# Cuts, lacerations at Saint John's Cemetery
> OSHA SIR `2023043827` · 4/28/2023 · MIDDLE VILLAGE, 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:** Power washers
## Employer
- **Name:** Saint John's Cemetery
- **Location:** 80-01 Metropolitan Ave, MIDDLE VILLAGE, NEW YORK, 11379
- **NAICS:** 812220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee's right thumb was lacerated by the stream of pressurized water while power washing a deck.

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