Accident Report Detail
Accident Summary Nr: 118006.015 - Employee burns, cuts leg with pressure hose, later infected
Inspection Nr | Date Opened | SIC | NAICS | Establishment Name |
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1415803.015 | 07/17/2019 | 562910 | Reenergy Holdings |
Abstract: At 7:45 a.m. on July 13, 2019, an employee was washing a CAT 345 excavator with a Karcher pressure washer when she got the water hose wrapped around the exhaust pipe of the excavator. The employee pulled hard on the hose attempting to release some slack and squeezed the trigger of the pressure washer as it was pointed toward her left leg. She struck her leg with the high pressure hot water resulting in a burn, a puncture and later an infection to her calf, requiring hospitalization.
Employee # | Inspection Nr | Age | Sex | Degree of Injury | Nature of Injury |
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1 | 1415803.015 | 22 | F | Hospitalized injury |