Cuts and abrasions or bruises

Name: Cuts and abrasions or bruises at Rockford Corporation
Start: 6/14/2018

1 hospitalization · 2018065882 · 6/14/2018 · Rockford Corporation

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Thigh(s)
Nature of injury: Cuts and abrasions or bruises

Cause

Event: Struck by discharged object or substance
Source: Source, n.e.c.
Secondary source: Sandblasters-powered

Employer

Name: Rockford Corporation
Location: 18070 Rt. 706, MONTROSE, PENNSYLVANIA, 18801
NAICS: 237120
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was sandblasting on a pipeline when the blasting hose became tangled. As he pulled on the hose to release it, he inadvertently hit the trigger of the blasting gun. Blasting media then hit his upper thigh, causing an abrasion/laceration.

Source

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