Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury

Name: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at United Rentals
Start: 2/11/2015

1 hospitalization · 2015021338 · 2/11/2015 · United Rentals

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
Nature of injury: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury

Cause

Event: Struck by discharged object or substance
Source: Pressurized water-blast
Secondary source: Power washers

Employer

Name: United Rentals
Location: 5930 E Loop 820S, FORT WORTH, TEXAS, 76119
NAICS: 532490
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

Employee was using a pressure washer when the nozzle became clogged. Employee turned off the machine to change the nozzle, but did not release the stored pressure from the wand. The nozzle blew off, injecting water into his left middle finger.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown