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 U.S. Department of the Navy, USS Rhode Island SSBN 740, KINGS BAY, GEORGIA 31547
on — Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures, affecting the Knee(s).
Final narrative
An employee was pressure-washing the inside of a submarine's ballast compartment. The spray from the pressure washer gun swept across his knee and lacerated it.
Hospitalized Knee(s) Pressurized water blast
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