Incident date: 2025-07-22
NAICS industry code: 562111

An employee was pressure washing a bulldozer to clean off trash and dirt when his hand was lacerated by the high-pressure stream of water. The employee required surgery.

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: Hand(s), finger(s)  unspecified
severity: moderate