BELPRE, OHIO—
Qualawash Holdings LLC
Struck by discharged object or substance · Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Qualawash Holdings LLC, 12381 State Route 7, Unit A, BELPRE, OHIO 45714 on — Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds, affecting the hand(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was cleaning out a mobile tank unit with a pressure washer. The washer's hose failed, causing air and water at high pressure to puncture the employee's hand. The employee was hospitalized.
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An employee was attempting to connect a hot water hose to the hot water supply line when the hose disconnected from the equipment and sprayed the employee on the back, resulting in burns that required hospitalization.
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An employee was disconnecting a hot water hose from a trailer. Hot water burned the employee's right thigh and leg.
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An employee was trying to flush a liquid bulk tank trailer with hot water. Hot water splashed from a valve in an adjacent bay onto the employee's left leg, burning the calf and the back of the thigh.
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