Struck by discharged object or substance · Cuts, lacerations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Pilot Company , 2400 S 4th Street, SAYRE, OKLAHOMA 73662
on — Cuts, lacerations, affecting the knee(s) and leg(s).
Final narrative
An employee was power-washing a concrete drive. Water from the high-pressure power washer tore through his clothes and cut deeply into the skin, muscle, and ligaments of his leg and knee. He was hospitalized.
HospitalizedKnee(s) and leg(s)Pressurized water-blast
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