Incident date: 2017-08-24
NAICS industry code: 561720

An employee was power washing a vertical pipe while standing on a step ladder when the employee's foot went off the ladder. The power washer wand was then pulled out of the pipe, and the high-pressure washer fluid contacted and cut the employee.

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: Nonclassifiable
severity: moderate