Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds

Name: Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at Waste Management of PA, Inc.
Start: 10/10/2022

1 hospitalization · 2022108890 · 10/10/2022 · Waste Management of PA, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Foot (feet), unspecified
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: Waste Management of PA, Inc.
Location: 1940 Ogdensburg Road, ROARING BRANCH, PENNSYLVANIA, 17765
NAICS: 562111
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was using a 2500-psi to 3500-psi pressure washer to clean mud and sand out of a frac tank. The water sprayed the top of his shoe and punctured the shoe. The employee sustained the injection wound on their foot and was hospitalized.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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