Incident date: 2015-09-29
NAICS industry code: 561320

A temporary employee was cleaning out hoses using a gas powered pressure washer with a wand attachment inserted into the hose.  As the employee pulled the trigger to begin washing, the force of the water caused the hose to pull back from the wand which allowed the pressurized water to strike his left thumb and index finger causing laceration/injection wounds.

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: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: moderate