Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds

Name: Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at Dakota Gasification Company
Start: 4/13/2015

1 hospitalization · 2015041969 · 4/13/2015 · Dakota Gasification Company

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
Nature of injury: Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds

Cause

Event: Explosion of pressure vessel, piping, or tire
Source: Hoses

Employer

Name: Dakota Gasification Company
Location: 420 County Road 26, BEULAH, NORTH DAKOTA, 58523
NAICS: 325120
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was holding a hydraulic hose while pressurizing a high-torque wrench to remove large nuts from a pressure vessel. The hydraulic hose ruptured, puncturing the employee's left index finger.

Source

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