OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #606830
GUARDIAN INDUSTRIAL SERVICES, INC.
DORAVILLE, GA·
Event description
EMPLOYEE STRUCK BY STREAM FROM HIGH PRESSURE WATER HOSE
Investigation abstract
AT ABOUT 8:27 PM ON JUNE 27, 1987, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS INJURED WHEN HE ACCIDENTALLY STEPPED ON THE FOOT PEDAL CONTROL OF A HIGH PRESSURE WATER LANCE HE WAS PREPARIN G TO USE TO CLEAN A PAINT BOOTH IN A MANUFACTURING PLANT. HE WAS BEING INSTRUCTE D BY HIS SUPERVISOR IN THE USE OF THE EQUIPMENT WHEN THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED. HE R ECEIVED A SEVERE LACERATION TO HIS RIGHT FOREARM AND WAS HOSPITALIZED FOR 3 DAYS . HE APPARENTLY DID NOT REALIZE HOW HAZARDOUS THE EQUIPMENT WAS, EVEN AFTER BEIN G WARNED BY HIS SUPERVISOR. THE WEATHER WAS WARM AND CLEAR. THIS INFORMATION WAS OBTAINED FROM WITNESS STATEMENTS AND AN INTERVIEW OF EMPLOYEE #1.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 59 M
- Nature of injury
- 7
- Part of body
- 17
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 41
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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