Incident date: 2024-10-04
NAICS industry code: 237130

An employee was using a pressure washer to clean manholes to be resealed when their left hand got in the path of the pressure washer and was lacerated by the pressurized water.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by discharged object or substance
code_source: title: Pressurized water blast
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures
code_body: title: Hand(s), finger(s)  unspecified
severity: moderate