Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures

Name: Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures at Thompson Industrial Services LLC
Start: 5/17/2024

1 hospitalization · 2024054365 · 5/17/2024 · Thompson Industrial Services LLC

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Foot (feet) and ankle(s)
Nature of injury: Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures

Cause

Event: Struck by discharged object or substance
Source: Pressurized water blast
Secondary source: Pressure washers

Employer

Name: Thompson Industrial Services LLC
Location: Domtar- Johnsonburg Mill, JOHNSONBURG, PENNSYLVANIA, 15845
NAICS: 423850
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was utilizing automated equipment to flex-lance a vertical evaporator and sustained a cut to the inner right foot/ankle from pressurized water that exited the pneumatic dump valve.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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