Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury

Name: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at Liberty Utilities
Start: 11/28/2018

1 hospitalization · 20181112163 · 11/28/2018 · Liberty Utilities

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Leg(s), unspecified
Nature of injury: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury

Cause

Event: Struck by discharged object or substance
Source: Pressurized air-blast
Secondary source: Dirt, earth

Employer

Name: Liberty Utilities
Location: 150 Haskell Street, FALL RIVER, MASSACHUSETTS, 02720
NAICS: 238990
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

Air pressure was being applied to an underground natural gas line. The air escaped from the line, and air and dirt entered an employee's skin under his pants leg. He suffered a serious leg injury.

Source

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