Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury

Name: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at DeWeese Sand & Gravel Inc.
Start: 2/5/2016

1 hospitalization · 2016021103 · 2/5/2016 · DeWeese Sand & Gravel Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
Nature of injury: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury

Cause

Event: Explosion of pressure vessel, piping, or tire
Source: Vehicle and mobile equipment parts, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: DeWeese Sand & Gravel Inc.
Location: 1882 Road 303, EDGAR, NEBRASKA, 68935
NAICS: 423320
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

A maintenance employee removed the fuel tank from truck, set it on the ground and then began pressurizing the tank to located an air leak. A portion of the tank exploded from being over-pressurized. The employee sustained facial injuries and damage to the left arm.

Source

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