Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 116193.015 - Employee suffers infection from leak in hydraulic fluid hose

Accident Summary Nr: 116193.015 -- Report ID: 0626300 -- Event Date: 05/02/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1400267.015	05/13/2019		561720	Valet Living, Llc

Abstract: At 11:00 p.m. on May 2, 2019, an employee was working as a manager or administrator for a janitorial service. He was operating a trash compactor. A line supplying high pressure hydraulic fluid to the trash compactor had a leak. The employee was looking for the leak. Some hydraulic fluid entered the employee's right thumb from a pinhole size leak. The wound became infected. The employee was hospitalized.

Keywords: Equipment Failure, High Pressure, Hydraulic Fluid, Hydraulic Line, Inadequate Maint, Infection, Leak, Maintenance, Puncture, Thumb

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1400267.015	40	M	Hospitalized injury		Managers and administrators, n.e.c

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