Incident date: 2022-03-02
NAICS industry code: 213112

On March 2, 2022, an employee was using a pressure washer to clean a natural gas compressor. When the employee attempted to adjust the slack on the pressure washing hose the water stream struck his right foot, resulting in a laceration to the top of the foot that required hospitalization and surgery.

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: Foot (feet), unspecified
severity: moderate