Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds

Name: Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at Guyer Brothers Incorporated
Start: 3/1/2016

1 hospitalization · 2016031871 · 3/1/2016 · Guyer Brothers Incorporated

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: Struck by discharged object or substance
Source: Pressurized water-blast
Secondary source: Handtools-powered, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: Guyer Brothers Incorporated
Location: 5695 Churchview Road, LOYSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA, 16659
NAICS: 237110
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was working with a sewer jetter to clean a sewer line and the jetter became stuck. The employee attempted to remove it from the sewer line when the high-pressure dirty water shot into his right index finger, causing an infection.

Source

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