Incident date: 2021-07-29
NAICS industry code: 237120

An employee was using a pressure washer to clean the inside of a fertilizer tank containing ammonium polyphosphate solution when the pressurized steam punctured his left big toe, resulting in infection and hospitalization.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by discharged object or substance
code_source: title: Steam, vapors-nonchemical
code_nature: title: Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
code_body: title: Toes(s), toenail(s)
severity: moderate