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Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds

1 hospitalization · 2023032239 · 3/11/2023 · Betzen Trenching

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: Excavating machinery, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: Betzen Trenching
Location: 2060 Tulsa Street East, WICHITA, KANSAS, 67216
NAICS: 237110
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was hydrovacing a pole hole when the hydrovac wand sprayed their left foot, resulting in a puncture.

Source

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