Cuts, lacerations

Name: Cuts, lacerations at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard - Intermediate Maintenance Facility
Start: 11/6/2023

1 hospitalization · 20231110239 · 11/6/2023 · Puget Sound Naval Shipyard - Intermediate Maintenance Facility

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Foot (feet), unspecified
Nature of injury: Cuts, lacerations

Cause

Event: Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
Source: Power washers
Secondary source: Pressurized water-blast

Employer

Name: Puget Sound Naval Shipyard - Intermediate Maintenance Facility
Location: 1400 Farragut Avenue, BREMERTON, WASHINGTON, 98314
NAICS: 336611
Jurisdiction: 0

Narrative

On November 6, 2023, an employee was hydroblasting mold-in-place (MIP), a rubber hole coating, from the outer hole of a submarine when pressurized water lacerated the employee's left foot. The employee was hospitalized.

Source

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