OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221442478

ANCHOR SANDBLASTING AND COATINGS, LLC

TAMPA, FL· 2022-02-25T00:00:00

Event: Arm, Fall, High Pressure, Hot Water, Pressure Wash, Scaffold, Slip, Slippery Surface, Walking Surface
NAICS: 213112
Inspection type: Referral
Activity number: #345815336
Employer profile: ANCHOR SANDBLASTING AND COATINGS, LLC
Summary number: 221442478
Report ID: 0420600

Event description

Employee burns arm when slips while pressure washing

Investigation abstract

At 8:00 a.m. on February 25, 2022, an employee was pressure washing (blasting) on the deck of a vessel. While blasting, he was walking and his foot slipped into an opening (14 inches wide) on the grating on the scaffold. While falling into the opening, the employee's left hand was still squeezing the trigger of the wand (gun), shooting out 40,000 psi of hot water, which shot onto the lower part of his right arm, cutting it to the artery. The employee was hospitalized for treatment.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 35 M

Event type
4

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