Incident date: 2023-06-22
NAICS industry code: 238990

An employee was power washing a tank when the wand of the pressure washer turned toward his face. He was struck by the pressurized water and sustained injury to his face, eyes, and neck and possibly sustained the loss of vision to his left eye.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by discharged object or substance
code_source: title: Pressurized water-blast
code_nature: title: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
code_body: title: Head and neck
severity: moderate