Cuts, lacerations

Name: Cuts, lacerations at Apex Energy Svc
Start: 1/30/2017

1 hospitalization · 2017010895 · 1/30/2017 · Apex Energy Svc

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Toes(s), toenail(s)
Nature of injury: Cuts, lacerations

Cause

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

Employer

Name: Apex Energy Svc
Location: 65243 Campbell Johnson Road, SAINT CLAIRSVILLE, OHIO, 43950
NAICS: 213112
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was cleaning the inside of tank with a pressure washer and contacted his left foot with the pressurized water blast. It cut through the top of his safety shoe and caused a one inch cut to the left foot behind the big toe area. The employee was hospitalized.

Source

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