Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds

Name: Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at Thompson Industrial Services LLC
Start: 10/11/2016

1 hospitalization · 2016109600 · 10/11/2016 · Thompson Industrial Services LLC

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Foot (feet), n.e.c.
Nature of injury: Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds

Cause

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

Employer

Name: Thompson Industrial Services LLC
Location: 5929 AR-18, BLYTHEVILLE, ARKANSAS, 72316
NAICS: 333318
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was using a pressure washer to clean sludge in the bottom of a pit when the pressure washer's water stream penetrated the employee's boot and was injected into the top of the left foot.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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