Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds

Name: Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at Westinghouse Electric Company LLC
Start: 10/26/2022

1 hospitalization · 2022109411 · 10/26/2022 · Westinghouse Electric Company 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: Lubricating greases, cutting oils
Secondary source: Containers-pressurized, unspecified

Employer

Name: Westinghouse Electric Company LLC
Location: Beaver Valley Power Station, SHIPPINGPORT, PENNSYLVANIA, 15077
NAICS: 541330
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

Employees set up a platform to perform hydraulic tensioning on the manway covers. The segments were brought up to the desired pressure. An employee was about to move a hydraulic line when hydraulic fluid released and injected into their left thumb.

Source

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