Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds

Name: Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard
Start: 7/22/2017

1 hospitalization · 2017076841 · 7/22/2017 · Portsmouth Naval Shipyard

Severity

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

Cause

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

Employer

Name: Portsmouth Naval Shipyard
Location: Seavy Island, KITTERY, MAINE, 03904
NAICS: 336611
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was conducting ultra high-pressure water jet cutting when his knee buckled and he lost his balance. As he was attempting to regain his balance, the cutting wand moved over his left foot and punctured a hole through it. He was hospitalized.

Source

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