Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury

Name: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at KHK Group
Start: 1/22/2020

1 hospitalization · 2020010717 · 1/22/2020 · KHK Group

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Head and trunk
Nature of injury: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury

Cause

Event: Struck by discharged object or substance
Source: Pressurized water-blast
Secondary source: Truck-motorized freight hauling and utility, n.e.c

Employer

Name: KHK Group
Location: 99 Rines Ridge Road, PROCTOR, WEST VIRGINIA, 26055
NAICS: 213112
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

Employees were at a dewatering line filling a tank on a subcontractor's truck when the tank pressurized and forced water from a hatch. The pressurized water made contact with two employees. One of the employees was hospitalized with head, back, face, and eye injuries.

Source

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