Incident date: 2023-04-05
NAICS industry code: 237310

An employee was cleaning the truck using a pressure washer. Upon finishing, the employee went to wash the hand towel that he was holding. When he started spraying the water, it cut through his work gloves, resulting in a laceration on the back of his hand. The water entered the wound and it began to swell.

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