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Cuts, lacerations

1 hospitalization · 2017087640 · 8/10/2017 · Norwell Company, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
0
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Arm(s), unspecified
Nature of injury
Cuts, lacerations

Cause

Event
Struck by discharged object or substance
Source
Water
Secondary source
Power washers

Employer

Name
Norwell Company, Inc.
Location
809 Lamont St, JOHNSON CITY, TENNESSEE, 37601
NAICS
238220
Jurisdiction
0

Narrative

An employee was using a high-pressure water jetter to clean out a piece of large pipe when the equipment turned around on its own and high-pressure water hit the employee's left arm, lacerating it.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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