105,313Records 71,083Employers 85,290Hospitalizations 27,770Amputations 2015-01-01 2025-10-31
Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025

STURGEON BAY, WISCONSIN—

Fincantieri Marine Group LLC

Struck by discharged object or substance · Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds

Final narrative

An employee was repairing an abrasive blasting pressure pot. The employee turned off the blasting machine before leaving the area to get a different tool. While the employee was away, a coworker turned the machine back on. When the employee returned to continue work, the coworker triggered the system, striking the employee with pressurized blast media. The employee suffered a serious abrasion and punctures to the face, neck, torso, arms, and leg, requiring hospitalization. The machine was not locked/tagged out at the time of the incident.

Hospitalized Multiple body parts, n.e.c. Nonclassifiable

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