Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds

Name: Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at Groves Electrical Services, Inc.
Start: 10/20/2015

1 hospitalization · 2015107823 · 10/20/2015 · Groves Electrical Services, Inc.

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Struck by discharged object or substance
Source: Pressurized water-blast

Employer

Name: Groves Electrical Services, Inc.
Location: Beltway Rd 300 ft South of Beltline, ADDISON, TEXAS, 75001
NAICS: 238210
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

Employees were using a Hydrovac to find an underground line. The Hydrovac has a nozzle to shoot high pressure water and suck up water and mud. One employee works the vacuum hose and another works the water nozzle. The employee working the vacuum hose saw a rock that he didn't think would go up the vacuum hose. When he reached down to pick it up, he stepped in front of the water nozzle. The pressurized water punctured his knee on the inside of his right leg.

Source

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