Cuts, lacerations

Name: Cuts, lacerations at Vadakin Inc
Start: 8/24/2017

1 hospitalization · 2017088159 · 8/24/2017 · Vadakin Inc

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Nonclassifiable
Nature of injury: Cuts, lacerations

Cause

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

Employer

Name: Vadakin Inc
Location: 6240 13th Street SW, BEULAH, NORTH DAKOTA, 58523
NAICS: 561720
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was power washing a vertical pipe while standing on a step ladder when the employee's foot went off the ladder. The power washer wand was then pulled out of the pipe, and the high-pressure washer fluid contacted and cut the employee.

Source

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