Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds

Name: Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at Allied Waste Service of North America, LLC
Start: 10/31/2019

1 hospitalization · 20191011365 · 10/31/2019 · Allied Waste Service of North America, LLC

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Lower leg(s)
Nature of injury: Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds

Cause

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

Employer

Name: Allied Waste Service of North America, LLC
Location: 2 12th St, FAIRMONT, WEST VIRGINIA, 26554
NAICS: 562111
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was cleaning mud off his boots with a 3,500 psi pressure washer when he lost control of the pressure washer and was struck on the right calf with pressurized washer spray. He suffered a puncture wound to the right calf and was hospitalized.

Source

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