Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds

Name: Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at BOLIN ENTERPRISES, INC.
Start: 7/29/2021

1 hospitalization · 2021076304 · 7/29/2021 · BOLIN ENTERPRISES, INC.

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Struck by discharged object or substance
Source: Steam, vapors-nonchemical
Secondary source: Power washers

Employer

Name: BOLIN ENTERPRISES, INC.
Location: Helena Agri-Enterprises, LCC., PORT LAVACA, TEXAS, 77979
NAICS: 237120
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was using a pressure washer to clean the inside of a fertilizer tank containing ammonium polyphosphate solution when the pressurized steam punctured his left big toe, resulting in infection and hospitalization.

Source

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