| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-11-09 | Kansas City | Mo | InsCo Industries | Thigh(s) | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee was power-washing a fire station from a scissor lift. The power washer triggered the garage door, which opened and caused the scissor lift to tip. The employee fell and was hospitalized, requiring surgery for an upper thigh fracture. | |||||
| 2021-05-19 | Conroe | Tx | Rock Solid Precast, LP | Brain | Fall on same level |
| An employee was using a power washer to clean a cement mixer. He fell, hitting his head on the way to the ground and suffering a head laceration and a concussion. | |||||
| 2021-05-10 | York Haven | Pa | Monarch Products Co., Inc. | Hand(s) | Struck by discharged object or substance |
| An employee was using a 3,500 PSI power washer. The hose developed three pinholes, and high-pressure water punctured the employee's hand. | |||||
| 2021-04-06 | New York | Ny | Greystar Worldwide, LLC | Brain | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
| While climbing up a ladder to clean an awning with a power washer, an employee fell approximately 10 feet to the ground. The employee sustained head trauma. | |||||
| 2020-10-05 | Anna | Tx | LOVES TRAVEL STOPS & COUNTRY STORES, INC. | Hand(s) | Contact with hot objects or substances |
| An employee was removing a hose from a power washer and sustained burns to the right hand from the hot water that was in the hose. | |||||
| 2020-05-20 | Sayre | Oklahoma | Pilot Company | Knee(s) and leg(s) | Struck by discharged object or substance |
| An employee was power-washing a concrete drive. Water from the high-pressure power washer tore through his clothes and cut deeply into the skin, muscle, and ligaments of his leg and knee. He was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2020-05-18 | Wichita | Kansas | Spirit Aerosystems, Inc. | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Fall on same level due to slipping |
| While cleaning material with a power washer, an employee slipped on a wet surface and struck the edge of a press machine, suffering fractured ribs and contusions. | |||||
| 2020-04-07 | Midland | Texas | Propetro Services Inc. | Foot (feet) | Struck by discharged object or substance |
| An employee was using a pressure washer to wash grease off of equipment. The employee was moving the power washer wand from side to side, when the wand went across his right foot. The pressurized spray cut through his boot and caused abrasions and lacerations to his right foot. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2020-02-24 | Wellsville | Ohio | Wellsville Construction Company, LLC | Foot (feet) | Contact with hot objects or substances |
| An employee was power washing a previous concrete pour to prep for the next pour when he stumbled over the steel mesh that was in place. He then lost control of the power washer wand and the top of his left boot was punctured by the hot water. He sustained second and third degree burns to the foot and was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2020-02-05 | Belvidere | New Jersey | Edible Greenhouse Corp. | Forearm(s) | Struck by object or equipment |
| An employee was using a power washer when it slipped from his hands and cut his right forearm. | |||||
| 2019-08-03 | Markesan | Wisconsin | Del Monte Foods, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was cleaning a bean-grading machine in preparation for sanitation. The employee was opening the doors to clean the machine with a power washer when his right ring finger was caught by a roller with a solid bar. The finger was amputated at the second knuckle. | |||||
| 2019-06-26 | North Port | Florida | Florida Underground Services, L.L.C. | Foot (feet) | Struck by discharged object or substance |
| An employee was using a power washer to clean heavy equipment when high-pressure water from its nozzle lacerated the top of his right foot and injected dirt and water into the foot. The employee was hospitalized, requiring surgery. | |||||
| 2019-06-08 | Princeton | New Jersey | Allan Industries | Multiple body parts | Other jump to lower level 11 to 15 feet |
| On 6/08/2019, an employee was power washing a building from inside a motorized bucket lift when the water hose of the power washer became lodged in the lift, causing it to trigger the up switch located in the bucket. When the lift began to rise unexpectedly, the employee jumped out of the lift, falling approximately 12 feet to the concrete sidewalk below. The employee fractured the left arm, nasal, and orbital bones; suffered a concussion and blood clot; and lacerated the left leg. | |||||
| 2019-04-07 | Beeville | Texas | Walking C Oilfield Services LLC | Toes(s), toenail(s) | Struck by discharged object or substance |
| Employee was cleaning with a power washer when his foot became stuck in the mud. As he tried to pull it out, his boot came off, causing him to lose balance and activate the power washer. The power washer then amputated a toe. | |||||
| 2018-09-22 | Dallas | Texas | Steamaways, Inc. | Toes(s), toenail(s) | Struck by discharged object or substance |
| An employee was washing a vehicle with a power washer. The hose got caught and as he pulled on the hose, the pressurized water blast struck his right boot under the steel toe and caused a deep open wound on the right toe. | |||||
| 2018-04-11 | Lockney | Texas | Hank Henderson Farm Partnership | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by discharged object or substance |
| An employee was running a power washer when the tip became stopped up. The employee turned the washer off to unclog the tip, but pressure remained in the line. The clogged tip suddenly dislodged, and the residual pressure lacerated the employee's left index finger. | |||||
| 2017-08-24 | Beulah | North Dakota | Vadakin Inc | Nonclassifiable | Struck by discharged object or substance |
| An employee was power washing a vertical pipe while standing on a step ladder when the employee's foot went off the ladder. The power washer wand was then pulled out of the pipe, and the high-pressure washer fluid contacted and cut the employee. | |||||
| 2016-01-20 | Shawano | Wisconsin | Kwik Trip, Inc. | BODY SYSTEMS | Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode |
| An employee was power washing the inside of the car wash with a gas powered power washer and was hospitalized for carbon monoxide poisoning. | |||||
| 2015-12-04 | Quarryville | Pennsylvania | BB's Grocery Outlet | BODY SYSTEMS | Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode |
| An employee was power washing a van when the employee was overcome by carbon monoxide poisoning from the power washer. | |||||
| 2015-10-02 | Kansas City | Missouri | HOY EXCAVATING | Foot (feet) | Struck by discharged object or substance |
| While using a high-pressure power washer, an employee's right foot was impaled by the power washer. | |||||
| 2015-08-11 | San Angelo | Texas | 4-H Flowback Services, Inc. | Skull | Explosion of pressure vessel, piping, or tire |
| An industrial power washer exploded sending an employee to the hospital for a fractured skull. | |||||
| 2015-04-15 | Washington | District Of | WHITING-TURNER CONTRACTING COMPANY | Face | Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids |
| An employee was filling a power washer with gasoline when combustion occurred. The employee was hospitalized for flash burns to his face. | |||||
| 2015-04-09 | Durham | Oklahoma | NOMAC Drilling Company, LLC | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was adjusting a belt on a power washer. While checking the tension, the pump turned back on. This kicked the wrench away from the employee's hand and pulled his hand into the machine. His right pinky fingertip was amputated, and his right thumb was cut. | |||||
| 2015-02-21 | Avon Lake | Ohio | Robinson Pipe Services, INC. | Foot (feet) | Struck by discharged object or substance |
| An employee was hospitalized due to an injury sustained when the spray from a power washer contacted his boot, causing a severe laceration. The employee was wearing leather work boots. | |||||