Cuts, lacerations

Name: Cuts, lacerations at Waste Management Biloxi Transfer Station, LLC
Start: 5/30/2018

1 hospitalization · 2018055271 · 5/30/2018 · Waste Management Biloxi Transfer Station, LLC

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Explosion of pressure vessel, piping, or tire
Source: Hoses

Employer

Name: Waste Management Biloxi Transfer Station, LLC
Location: 14339 Hudson Krohn Road, BILOXI, MISSISSIPPI, 39532
NAICS: 562111
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was checking the progress of waste being ejected from a walking floor trailer when a pressurized hydraulic hose blew apart. The employee's lower leg was lacerated.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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