Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 119883.015 - Employee incurs hand infection while sampling ground water

Accident Summary Nr: 119883.015 -- Report ID: 0950614 -- Event Date: 08/22/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1431220.015	09/17/2019		541620	P & D Environmental, Inc.

Abstract: At 11:00 a.m. on August 22, 2019, an employee was wearing nitrate gloves as he connected tubing in order to sample ground water at a well. At home later that day, he observed swelling of his hand. The next day he went to the hospital and was released within three hours. He returned to the hospital two days later and was admitted for treatment of an MRSA infection and cellulitis of the right hand. The infection was possibly the result of sweat infecting a pre-existing bruise while wearing the nitrate gloves.

Keywords: Glove, Hand, Infection, Testing, Water, Water Well

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1431220.015	64	M	Hospitalized injury		Geologists and geodesists

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