Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 117790.015 - Employee incurs hydraulic fluid injection from pierced hose

Accident Summary Nr: 117790.015 -- Report ID: 0626000 -- Event Date: 07/08/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1413995.015	07/09/2019		237990	Wanzek Construction

Abstract: At 7:00 a.m. on July 8, 2019, an employee working in the construction trades for an industrial engineering contractor was crimping a stator cable. A pin hole was pierced in the hydraulic hose causing fluid to shoot out at high pressure. The employee was injected in the back with hydraulic fluid and was hospitalized.

Keywords: Back, Chemical, Chemical Exposure, Flying Object, High Pressure, Hose, Hydraulic, Hydraulic Equipment, Hydraulic Fluid, Hydraulic Line, Injected, Injection, Pressure, Rupture, Struck By

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other building		New project or new addition			10	500

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1413995.015	25	M	Hospitalized injury		Construction trades, n.e.c.	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Temporary work (buildings, facilities) Fatality Cause:

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