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Cuts, lacerations
1 hospitalization · 2017066031 · 6/28/2017 · MPW Industrial Services
Severity
- Hospitalized
- 1
- Amputation
- 0
- Loss of eye
- 0
- Body part
- Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
- Nature of injury
- Cuts, lacerations
Cause
- Event
- Struck by discharged object or substance
- Source
- Pressurized water-blast
- Secondary source
- Power washers
Employer
- Name
- MPW Industrial Services
- Location
- 32298 Highway 98, PAHOKEE, FLORIDA, 33476
- NAICS
- 562998
- Jurisdiction
- 1
Narrative
An employee was cleaning industrial equipment with a high-pressure washer when the water stream contacted and lacerated his back.
Source
- Authoritative
- OSHA Severe Injury Reports
- Machine
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