OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221427156
HUDSON COUNTY TRANSPORT INC.
JERSEY CITY, NJ·
Event description
Employee incurs lacerations and contusions when 300-gallon t
Investigation abstract
At 6:30 a.m. on November 3, 2021, an employee was working for a country 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. 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
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 70 M
- Event type
- 4
- Occupation code
- 507
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