Incident date: 2022-10-10
NAICS industry code: 562111

An employee was using a 2500-psi to 3500-psi pressure washer to clean mud and sand out of a frac tank. The water sprayed the top of his shoe and punctured the shoe. The employee sustained the injection wound on their foot and was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by discharged object or substance
code_source: title: Pressurized water-blast
code_nature: title: Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
code_body: title: Foot (feet), unspecified
severity: moderate