Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures

Name: Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures at TechnipFMC
Start: 1/12/2024

1 hospitalization · 2024010305 · 1/12/2024 · TechnipFMC

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Hand(s), except finger(s)
Nature of injury: Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures

Cause

Event: Struck by discharged object or substance
Source: Pressurized air blast
Secondary source: Source, secondary source unspecified

Employer

Name: TechnipFMC
Location: 12 Arentzen Boulevard, CHARLEROI, PENNSYLVANIA, 15022
NAICS: 213112
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was using a hydraulic-pressured torque wrench to torque a bonnet connection on a valve when the elbow section of the torque head released pressure, resulting in a pressure cut/injection into the employee's left palm.

Source

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