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Cuts, lacerations

1 hospitalization · 20171010089 · 10/20/2017 · Wisconsin Distributors East, LLC

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
0
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Hand(s), except finger(s)
Nature of injury
Cuts, lacerations

Cause

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

Employer

Name
Wisconsin Distributors East, LLC
Location
900 Progress Way, SUN PRAIRIE, WISCONSIN, 53590
NAICS
424810
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was holding a pressure washer in his right hand and a drain tube in his left. The drain tube had a small hole in it. When the employee blew water into the drain tube, high-pressure water came out of the hole and lacerated his left hand between the middle and ring fingers. He was hospitalized.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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