Incident date: 2024-08-08
NAICS industry code: 336611

An employee was pressure-washing the inside of a submarine's ballast compartment. The spray from the pressure washer gun swept across his knee and lacerated it.

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: Knee(s)
severity: moderate