Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury

Name: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at General Mechanical Contractors, Inc.
Start: 2/5/2020

1 hospitalization · 2020021156 · 2/5/2020 · General Mechanical Contractors, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Face, unspecified
Nature of injury: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury

Cause

Event: Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
Source: Fasteners, connectors, ropes, ties, n.e.c.
Secondary source: Containers-pressurized, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: General Mechanical Contractors, Inc.
Location: 115 Dwight St, SPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS, 01103
NAICS: 238220
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

At about 1:00 p.m. on February 5, 2020, an employee was disassembling a 40-gallon water expansion tank to scrap it. Pressurized air from a bladder in the tank discharged when a flange bolt was removed, causing the flange to strike and injure the employee's face.

Source

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