Incident date: 2019-08-09
NAICS industry code: 713110

An employee was pressure washing when the pressure washer nozzle came off and bounced back, striking the employee's forearm. The employee suffered a laceration to the right forearm and a possible impact injury to an artery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
code_source: title: Machine and appliance parts, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations
code_body: title: Forearm(s)
severity: moderate