Incident date: 2023-10-27
NAICS industry code: 236210

An employee was using a 20,000-pound per square inch (psi) pressure washer when they sustained a laceration between their right thumb and index finger from the water pressure.

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: Hand(s), except finger(s)
severity: moderate