Cuts, lacerations

Name: Cuts, lacerations at Wastewater Specialties, LLC
Start: 12/12/2017

1 hospitalization · 20171211777 · 12/12/2017 · Wastewater Specialties, LLC

Severity

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

Cause

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

Employer

Name: Wastewater Specialties, LLC
Location: 2200 Old Spanish Trail, WESTLAKE, LOUISIANA, 70669
NAICS: 541620
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was cutting windows in the sheet metal of a tank using high-pressure water (40k) when the equipment's magnet, which holds the cutter to the tank, failed. The water then lacerated the employee's right thigh above the knee.

Source

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