Struck by discharged object or substance · Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Thompson Industrial Services LLC, Domtar- Johnsonburg Mill, JOHNSONBURG, PENNSYLVANIA 15845
on — Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures, affecting the Foot (feet) and ankle(s).
Final narrative
An employee was utilizing automated equipment to flex-lance a vertical evaporator and sustained a cut to the inner right foot/ankle from pressurized water that exited the pneumatic dump valve.
Hospitalized Foot (feet) and ankle(s) Pressurized water blast
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