Cuts, lacerations

Name: Cuts, lacerations at Galaxie Industrial Services, LLC
Start: 9/9/2018

1 hospitalization · 2018099311 · 9/9/2018 · Galaxie Industrial Services, LLC

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Foot (feet), unspecified
Nature of injury: Cuts, lacerations

Cause

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

Employer

Name: Galaxie Industrial Services, LLC
Location: 100 Pennsylvania Avenue, WEIRTON, WEST VIRGINIA, 26062
NAICS: 562112
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was cleaning inside a tank with a pressure washer. The stream from the washer cut through the employee's right boot and into the employee's foot.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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