Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds

Name: Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at Taylor's Industrial Coatings, Inc.
Start: 8/5/2017

1 hospitalization · 2017087464 · 8/5/2017 · Taylor's Industrial Coatings, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Thigh(s)
Nature of injury: Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds

Cause

Event: Struck by discharged object or substance
Source: Nonclassifiable
Secondary source: Sandblasters-powered

Employer

Name: Taylor's Industrial Coatings, Inc.
Location: The Mosaic Company, RIVERVIEW, FLORIDA, 33578
NAICS: 238320
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was grit blasting the exterior of a sulfur tank when he lost his grip on the blast nozzle. The hose swung freely, and the blast media was injected into his upper thigh.

Source

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