Burns and other injuries, n.e.c.

Name: Burns and other injuries, n.e.c. at ReEnergy Holdings
Start: 7/13/2019

1 hospitalization · 2019077095 · 7/13/2019 · ReEnergy Holdings

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Lower leg(s)
Nature of injury: Burns and other injuries, n.e.c.

Cause

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

Employer

Name: ReEnergy Holdings
Location: 38 Alfred A Plourde Parkway, LEWISTON, MAINE, 04240
NAICS: 562910
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was pressure washing an excavator. The pressure washer hose became tangled. When the employee went to untangle the hose she was hit by high pressure water. The employee was hospitalized with a puncture wound and burn to the left calf.

Source

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