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Cuts, lacerations

1 hospitalization · 2018054596 · 5/11/2018 · Hill Services Industrial & Environmental

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
Pressurized water-blast
Secondary source
Power washers

Employer

Name
Hill Services Industrial & Environmental
Location
10930 Darracott Rd., ABERDEEN, MISSISSIPPI, 39730
NAICS
238220
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was hydro blasting a vertical pipe with a lancer to unclog the pipe. When the material that was clogging the pipe broke free, it knocked the lancer out of the pipe. The employee was then hit on the left arm by the lancer water pressure, suffering a laceration.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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