Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds

Name: Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at USA DeBusk, LLC.
Start: 10/12/2020

1 hospitalization · 2020109712 · 10/12/2020 · USA DeBusk, LLC.

Severity

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

Cause

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

Employer

Name: USA DeBusk, LLC.
Location: Lion Elastomers, ORANGE, TEXAS, 77630
NAICS: 213112
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was running a line moling machine to clean the inside of pipe. When the employee went to pressure up the system using a 20-k water line, water from the hose injected into the pinky finger on his left hand.

Source

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