OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221376668

ENVIROWASTE SERVICES GROUP

TAMPA, FL· 2021-05-18T00:00:00

Event: Broken Bone, Eye, Eye protection, Face, Forehead, Hard Hat, Head, High Pressure, High Pressure Pipe, Hose, Laceration, Lack of Work Procedures, Manhole, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, PPE, PPE Hazard Assessment, Pressure, Pressure Vessel, Sewer, Struck By, Vacuum Cleaner, Vacuum Vessel, Water, Water Hose, Wrong Equipment
NAICS: 562998
Inspection type: Referral
Activity number: #345330344
Employer profile: ENVIROWASTE SERVICES GROUP
Summary number: 221376668
Report ID: 0420600

Event description

Employee sustains facial injuries when struck by water press

Investigation abstract

At 12:30 p.m. on May 18, 2021, an employee working for a waste management company was operating a vacuum truck. The employee was retracting the high-pressure hose and nozzle from a storm drain manhole. The hose ruptured causing high-pressure (2,000 psi) water to strike the employee in the face. The employee was wearing impact resistant safety glasses and a hard hat but not a face shield. The employee was hospitalized to treat a detached retina, damaged eye lens, broken cheek bone and lacerations to his cheek and forehead.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 30 M

Event type
1

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