Cuts and abrasions or bruises

Name: Cuts and abrasions or bruises at GATX Locomotive Group, LLC
Start: 10/26/2018

1 hospitalization · 20181011058 · 10/26/2018 · GATX Locomotive Group, LLC

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders
Nature of injury: Cuts and abrasions or bruises

Cause

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

Employer

Name: GATX Locomotive Group, LLC
Location: 2610 Industrial Drive, WAYCROSS, GEORGIA, 31503
NAICS: 482111
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was cleaning a tanker car using a grit-blast hose and stretched it out to roll it up. The hose trigger button was then hit and pressurized grit was released, striking him in the neck. He was hospitalized with a laceration and contusions, requiring surgery.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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