Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201051075 - Employee's toes lacerated by high-pressure jet of water

Accident Summary Nr: 201051075 -- Report ID: 0950642 -- Event Date: 06/27/1997
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
126167956	12/12/1997	6512	0	Ni Industries

Abstract: On October 27, 1997, Employee #1 was using a high-pressure hot water washer to clean out a pit. He sprayed outside the pit's edges, then washed off his steel-toed rubber boots. Employee #1 was rinsing off the hose of the vacuum pump that was being used at the time when the jet of water cut across the area of his rubber boots that was not protected by a steel toe. The high pressure jet cut through the boot, deeply lacerating Employee #1's toes.

Keywords: RUBBER BOOT, PROTECTIVE CLOTHING, CLEANING, LACERATION, HIGH PRESSURE, SAFETY SHOE, FOOT, HOT WATER, INATTENTION

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	126167956			Non Hospitalized injury	Cut/Laceration	Laborers, except construction

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