Incident date: 2020-10-08
NAICS industry code: 112210

An employee was washing a barn using a pressure washer. Pressurized water struck a divider board, which then fell and struck the employee's arm causing the hand holding the pressure washer hose to angle down. The pressurized water then lacerated the employee's right foot behind the steel toe of his boot. The employee was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by discharged object or substance
code_source: title: Pressurized water-blast
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations
code_body: title: Foot (feet), unspecified
severity: moderate