Incident date: 2016-12-06
NAICS industry code: 447110

On December 6, 2016, at approximately 2:10 a.m., an employee was pressure washing the floors in the shop when the heated, high-pressure water from the wand made contact and penetrated his leather work boot. He was hospitalized for a laceration and second degree burn to the left middle toe.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by discharged object or substance
code_source: title: Pressurized water-blast
code_nature: title: Burns and other injuries, n.e.c.
code_body: title: Toes(s), toenail(s)
severity: moderate