Incident date: 2017-07-17
NAICS industry code: 238140

An employee was pressure washing concrete and contacted his left knee with the high pressure water stream (3500 psi) resulting in a laceration to the kneecap and air behind the knee.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by discharged object or substance
code_source: title: Pressurized water-blast
code_nature: title: Multiple traumatic injuries and disorders, n.e.c.
code_body: title: Knee(s)
severity: moderate