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Accident Summary Nr: 142715.015 - Employee incurs lacerations and contusions when 300-gallon t

Accident Summary Nr: 142715.015 -- Report ID: 0214200 -- Event Date: 11/03/2021
Inspection NrDate OpenedSICNAICSEstablishment Name
1561660.01511/03/2021485410Hudson County Transport Inc.

Abstract: At 6:30 a.m. on November 3, 2021, an employee was working for a country government agency that provided bus transportation for schools and employees. He worked as a bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanic. He was filling a 300-gallon (1,140-liter) tote with water from an outside fire hydrant. He was going to wash the buses on the lot. This was a weekly operation. The employee had been washing the buses for ten years. Due to cost, the agency had acquired the tote off Craigslist. Workers had used the tote about thirty times in the year since it had been bought. The tote had been used by a previous owner to hold UN 1760 foaming grease cleaner detergent. It has also been used by a food company to hold old food and storage items. The agency had never cleaned it, and there was a collection of brown waste material that remained inside, sticking to the interior of the container. It was thought that this might have been the result of dirt and rust from the fire hydrant. As the tote was being filled, it ruptured near the outlet valves. Water sprayed into the employee's face, pushing him backward onto the concrete surface. The employee hit the back of his head on the street or floor. He suffered severe lacerations and contusions. He was hospitalized.

Keywords: Automotive Repair, Cleaning, Contusion, Flying Object, Head, Inadequate Maint, Laceration, Mechanic, Pressure Release, Rupture, Struck Against, Struck By, Tank, Water, Water Tank

Employee Details
Employee # Inspection Nr Age Sex Degree of Injury Nature of Injury Occupation
1 1561660.015 70 M Hospitalized injury Bus, truck and stationary engine mechanics

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