Machine Injury & Accidents

Date	City	State	Employer	Body Part	Event
2021-11-17	Long Island City	Ny	C W Sheet Metal Inc.	Face	Struck by object or equipment
A saddle washer snapped while a piece of metal was being lowered. The piece of metal struck an employee in the face, causing facial injuries.
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.
2021-11-04	Palmdale	Fl	Cape Leisure Corporation	Hand(s), except finger(s)	Struck by discharged object or substance
An employee was using a pressure washer to clean a garbage can. The can started to fall over; when he moved to catch it, the pressure spray lacerated the top of his hand.
2021-10-25	Orlando	Fl	Hotelier Management Service LLC	Multiple body parts	Contact with hot objects or substances
An employee was separating a steam pipe union on an industrial tunnel washer to make repairs. As the employee unscrewed the connection, it came apart suddenly and hot steam burned employee's upper body and upper legs, resulting in hospitalization.
2021-10-23	Medley	Fl	Eco Glass Production Inc.	Arm(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was troubleshooting a glass washer. To test the machine, the employee placed glass at the entrance to the washer. The pinion gear caught his jacket and the machine partially amputated his left arm. The machine was not locked out/tagged out at the time.
2021-10-13	Bartow	Fl	ORANGE INDUSTRIAL SERVICES, LLC	Shoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e)	Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
An employee was pressure washing and when he pulled the trigger to the pressure washer the shoulder stock shot back into his right shoulder, resulting in a fracture that required hospitalization.
2021-10-13	Norfolk	Ne	Meylan Special Services, Inc.	Foot (feet)	Struck by discharged object or substance
An employee was using a pressure washer when it lacerated the top of his right foot.
2021-10-07	Sand Springs	Ok	Webco Industries, Inc	Multiple body parts	Fall onto or against object on same level, n.e.c.
An employee was removing grates from inside a parts washer containing about 12 inches of washing solution heated to 160-180 degrees. The employee slipped and fell into the washer and suffered second- and third-degree burns to his left forearm, both legs from the knee down, and his right hip.
2021-09-11	Fargo	Nd	Cardinal IG	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
An employee was observing while glass was being put on a conveyor on the ingoing side of a washer. The employee's left hand was pulled into a conveyor roller. His index and middle fingers were severely broken, resulting in an amputation.
2021-09-08	Searcy	Ar	SRCNC, INC	Hip(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee was standing in a laundry area, in front of a washing machine, after emptying a plastic bag of laundry into the washer. The employee dropped the bag, slipped on it, and fell. Her right hip struck the concrete floor and the metal threshold of a doorway. The hip was broken and she was hospitalized.
2021-09-03	Hartsdale	Ny	Central Westchester Tenants Corp.	Hand(s), except finger(s)	Struck by discharged object or substance
An employee was cleaning carpet pieces using a pressure washer. High-pressure water hit the employee's left hand, cutting the top of the hand.
2021-08-13	La Porte	Tx	HIGHWAY TRANSPORT, INC.	Foot (feet)	Struck by discharged object or substance
An employee was pressure washing a valve when the tip of the pressure washer contacted his left foot and the water stream penetrated his rubber boot just below the left pinky toe, resulting in a puncture wound.
2021-07-29	Port Lavaca	Tx	BOLIN ENTERPRISES, INC.	Toes(s), toenail(s)	Struck by discharged object or substance
An employee was using a pressure washer to clean the inside of a fertilizer tank containing ammonium polyphosphate solution when the pressurized steam punctured his left big toe, resulting in infection and hospitalization.
2021-07-19	Cincinnati	Oh	SSA Group	Leg(s)	Struck by discharged object or substance
An employee was using a pressure washer to clean the floor of a food truck. Pressurized water struck the employee's leg, causing a 1-inch laceration.
2021-07-07	Youngstown	Oh	National Heat Exchange	Nonclassifiable	Struck by discharged object or substance
An employee was using a pressure washer when the fitting came off, causing the water to be injected under his skin.
2021-06-26	Evans	Ga	Help at Home	Thigh(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
An employee tripped over the open door of a dishwasher and fell, suffering a broken left femur.
2021-06-22	San Antonio	Tx	The Bubble Bath Car Wash	Foot (feet)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was power washing a sidewalk inside a carwash when the washer hose wrapped around the employee, pulling him and causing him to spin down the carwash tunnel. The employee struck his feet against the track of the carwash, resulting in two foot fractures.
2021-06-22	Dedham	Ma	Whole Foods Market	BODY SYSTEMS	Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode
An employee was poisoned by carbon monoxide from a dishwasher.
2021-06-10	Nanticoke	Pa	Fabcon Precast, LLC	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck by discharged object or substance
An employee was cleaning a spray paint hopper bucket with a pressure washer. The employee reached down to adjust the position of the bucket with his left hand when his left index finger contacted the water from the pressure washer, resulting in a laceration that required hospitalization.
2021-06-08	Peabody	Ma	Brooksby Village, Inc.	Nonclassifiable	Fall on same level
An employee fell while unloading and loading a dishwasher, landing on the floor and suffering multiple fractures.
2021-06-03	Sardis	Oh	Appalachian Oilfield & Industrial Services, LLC	Foot (feet)	Struck by discharged object or substance
An employee and a co-worker were cleaning out a tank. The employee had drill mud all over their boot and the co-worker was helping spray mud off the boot with a pressure washer gun when the pressurized water cut the employee's foot.
2021-05-28	Beaumont	Tx	Nighthawk Services	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Struck by discharged object or substance
At 11:00 a.m. on May 28, 2021, an employee was bracing the lid of a shaft plate by standing against it. The water stream from a high-power pressure washer struck him in the back, causing a laceration and a collapsed lung. He was hospitalized.
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.
2021-05-06	Woodville	Wi	McMillan Electric Company	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
On May 6, 2021, an employee was being trained on a press. The washers on the press arm kept falling down. The machine cycled while the employee was trying to wipe the area where the washers were. The employee's finger was caught between the press arm and the motor resulting in an amputation to the left index fingertip.
2021-04-07	Hastings	Ne	HTH Companies, Inc.	Leg(s)	Struck by discharged object or substance
An employee was operating a pressure washer. A fitting failed and high-pressure water was injected into the employee's leg.
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.
2021-03-25	Saint Petersburg	Fl	FIRSTSERVICE RESIDENTIAL, INC	Forearm(s)	Struck by discharged object or substance
An employee was using a pressure washer to wash the walkways of a property. When he pulled the hose, the wand slipped and water flow hit his right forearm, resulting in a severe laceration.
2021-03-24	Champaign	Il	Home Depot U.S.A Inc	Multiple body parts	Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
An employee was on an order picker, loading a pressure washer in the bay, when he lost balance and fell approximately 6 feet to the concrete. The employee sustained a head injury, a fractured hip, a fractured rib, and a punctured lung.
2021-03-18	Benton	Ar	Coors Tek Inc.	Eye(s)	Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
An employee was pressure-washing ductwork. As he was adjusting the pressure washer, it came back and hit his face and eye. He suffered cuts to the right eye and was hospitalized.
2021-03-03	Columbus	Oh	International Technical Coatings, Inc.	Multiple lower extremities locations	Other fall to lower level
An employee was working inside a paint line washer. The employee was walking on a walkway when he slipped and his left leg fell into a wash tank containing 160-degree water. He suffered a third-degree burn from the knee down and was hospitalized, requiring skin graft surgery.
2021-01-26	White Castle	La	Cora Texas Manufacturing Company	Hand(s)	Struck by discharged object or substance
An employee was using a pressure washer to clean equipment. He slipped and the water stream lacerated his left hand. He was hospitalized, undergoing surgery to the hand.
2021-01-14	Chicago	Il	Best Chicago Meat Company, LLC	Face	Struck by discharged object or substance
An employee was using a pressure washer to wash a machine. He turned it off, but it reactivated. The hose went out of control and sprayed water on his neck, chin, and face. He suffered a cut to the face.
2021-01-09	Paris	Il	SIMONTON WINDOWS, INC.	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was greasing the glass line washer on a glass line. He made contact with a chain and sprocket, causing the amputation (without bone loss) of his left middle fingertip and fingernail.
2021-01-01	Thibodaux	La	Lowe's Home Centers, LLC	Arm(s)	Other fall to lower level
A delivery driver was tasked with delivering a washer and dryer to a customer's home. The employee was retrieving a cord on the delivery truck when he lost balance and fell off the back of the truck onto the ground. The employee was hospitalized with a broken arm.
2020-10-14	Dallas	Tx	Creekwood Property Corporation	Hand(s)	Struck by discharged object or substance
An employee was changing the tip on a pressure washer when water was injected into their right hand.
2020-10-08	Higbee	Mo	Professional Swine Employment LLC	Foot (feet)	Struck by discharged object or substance
An employee was washing a barn using a pressure washer. Pressurized water struck a divider board, which then fell and struck the employee's arm causing the hand holding the pressure washer hose to angle down. The pressurized water then lacerated the employee's right foot behind the steel toe of his boot. The employee was hospitalized.
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.
2020-09-23	Harlem	Ga	DBI Services LLC	Leg(s)	Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids
An employee was filling the pressure washer with gas. The tank slipped from his hand and fuel splashed onto his legs. The gas was ignited by the hot engine and one of the employee's legs was burned.
2020-09-18	Brooklyn	Ny	ACV Enviro	Hand(s)	Struck by object or equipment
A pressure washer injured an employee's hand. The employee was hospitalized.
2020-09-08	Leeds	Al	Hubbell Power Systems, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was milling beveled washers on a manual milling machine. As the employee was adjusting the washer, his left glove was caught by the shaft. His left pinky finger was lacerated and dislocated requiring surgery and hospitalization.
2020-09-05	Belleville	Il	Lowes Home Centers LLC	Head, neck, and trunk	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
On 9/5/2020, at approximately 10:40 a.m., a Lowe's employee was making a delivery at a customer's home. The employee had positioned a washer on the lift gate of the delivery truck and was attempting to step around the washer when he fell off the lift gate, which was raised several feet off the ground. As the employee fell, he grabbed the washer and pulled it down on top of him. The washer landed on his abdomen. He was hospitalized with fractured ribs, a fractured C7 vertebra, and a head injury.
2020-09-04	Amarillo	Tx	Texas Home Health of America, LP	Foot (feet) and ankle(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee went to change the laundry in a client's home and slipped in 3 inches of water that had leaked from the client's washer. The employee sustained a broken ankle and foot.
2020-08-18	Warrington	Pa	Earthborne, Inc.	Upper and lower limb(s)	Other fall to lower level
An employee was on a scissor lift using a pressure washer and fell to the concrete floor. The employee sustained a broken femur and elbow.
2020-08-16	Siloam Springs	Ar	Cobb-Vantress Inc.	Forearm(s)	Struck by discharged object or substance
An employee was washing the southeast side of a poultry barn with a pressure washer. Water from the pressure wand lacerated her left forearm.
2020-08-13	Zephyrhills	Fl	NESTLE WATERS NORTH AMERICA INC.	Fingertip(s)	Contact with objects and equipment
On August 13, 2020, an employee was removing a filter screen from a washer machine. While the employee's right ring finger was between the screen and the filter housing, the edge of the filter screen struck it and amputated the fingertip.
2020-07-20	Collins	Mississippi	SANDERSON FARMS, Inc	Leg(s)	Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c.
An employee turned on belt washers to help the sanitation crew. A hose then whipped and the fitting on the end of the hose struck the employee's left leg resulting in a compound fracture.
2020-06-02	Marrero	Louisiana	Allstream services and rental, LLC	Leg(s)	Struck by discharged object or substance
An employee was struck on his left leg by a high-powered pressure washer and sustained a deep laceration.
2020-05-23	Venice	Florida	PGT Industries, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was performing preventative maintenance on a glass washer when the employee's right middle and ring fingers were caught and crushed in the nip point of the washer's belt.
2020-05-21	Abilene	Texas	Mister Car Wash	BODY SYSTEMS	Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode
An employee was fixing leaks in and around reverse osmosis equipment when he was exposed to the exhaust of a high pressure washer. He became ill and collapsed due to carbon monoxide poisoning.
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.
2020-05-06	La Fayette	Georgia	KVAT Food Stores, Inc. (Food City)	Brain	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee slipped on shrink wrap and fell, her head striking an automatic dishwasher. She suffered a head injury, with a possible concussion.
2020-05-05	Benton	Arkansas	J.A. RIGGS TRACTOR COMPANY	Thigh(s)	Struck by discharged object or substance
An employee was washing off the machine wash rack area using a spray wand. He then started washing down the wash rack floor, stepping backwards while continuing to wash in a side to side motion. The pressure washer wand went across his left knee area; the water punctured his jeans and his skin just above the left knee. He was hospitalized.
2020-05-01	Minco	Oklahoma	Unit Drilling Co	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects
An oil/gas well employee was pushing down on a liner washer tube with a pin. The pin slipped, and the employee's right thumb was caught and smashed between the piston and the liner. The employee suffered a partial amputation to the thumb.
2020-04-30	Stuttgart	Arkansas	Delta Plastics of The South LLC	Thigh(s)	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee was unchoking a friction washer system. He climbed on the floater table, which is 50 inches from the ground, and placed the lid back on the friction washer. As he was climbing back down, he slipped and his left leg fell into the auger, resulting in the amputation of the left leg above the knee.
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.
2020-04-02	Tilden	Texas	Downhole Inspection Inc	Foot (feet)	Struck by discharged object or substance
An employee was pressure washing a piece of drilling equipment when he slightly slipped, lost his balance, and ran the tip of the pressure washer wand across his foot, causing an injection wound. He was hospitalized with a foot laceration from the high-pressure water.
2020-03-18	Boston	Massachusett	Coastal Marine Construction, LLC	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck by discharged object or substance
An employee was cleaning out a hose that was used during concrete pouring. He was pulling out the slack and pulled the trigger on the pressure washer. Water shot out of the pressure washer and punctured his left ring finger.
2020-03-11	Catarina	Texas	Flowfect Inc	Foot(feet) and leg(s)	Struck by discharged object or substance
An employee assisting in hydro-excavation operations sustained injuries to the left foot from a pressure washer being operated by another employee. The injured employee sustained lacerations on the left foot a few inches above the ankle and between the little toe and the fourth toe.
2020-03-09	Wichita	Kansas	Ascension Medical Group Via Christi	BODY SYSTEMS	Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode
Inside a dumpster, bleach and washer fluid had mixed, resulting in chloroform gas being generated and entering the building. An employee scheduling patients for medical services was overcome by the gas. The employee was hospitalized with lung and gastrointestinal illnesses.
2020-03-05	Jacksonville	Florida	Sunbelt Rentals, Inc.	Hand(s)	Struck by discharged object or substance
On March 5, 2020, an employee was using a pressure washer to clean a scrubber. When the washer was activated, the wand jumped away from the hose and lacerated his left hand with water (pressurized at 3,500 psi). He 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.
2020-02-19	Covington	Pennsylvania	Country View Family Farms, Inc.	Foot (feet)	Struck by discharged object or substance
An employee was cleaning a hog farrowing floor with a high-pressure washer. The water jet cut through his boot into the top of his foot, causing laceration, trauma, and infiltration of hog manure. The employee 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.
2020-02-03	Miami	Florida	AAR AIRCRAFT SERVICES, INC.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was repairing/troubleshooting a portable pressure washer whose belts were seizing up. His right hand was pulled into a nip point between the belt and pulley causing a partial amputation of his right middle finger. He was hospitalized for surgery.
2020-01-22	Appleton	Wisconsin	Fratello's Riverfront Appleton	Back, including spine, spinal cord	Overexertion in lifting-single episode
An employee was lifting dishes out of a dishwasher when his body twisted and he injured his back.
2020-01-13	Southaven	Mississippi	Kroger Limited Partnership I	Thigh(s)	Fall on same level, n.e.c.
An employee lost balance while loading dishes into a dishwasher and fell to the floor, breaking a femur.
2020-01-03	Chicago	Illinois	ABM INDUSTRY GROUPS, LLC dba ABM Facility Services	BODY SYSTEMS	Direct exposure to electricity
A window washer was on the roof of a building, preparing to start washing windows. When he attempted to plug a rig into an outlet, he received an electrical shock, afterward suffering numbness to an arm and a headache.
2019-09-17	Tinker Afb	Oklahoma	U.S. Department of Defense, Tinker Air Force Base	Foot (feet)	Struck by discharged object or substance
An employee was using a high-pressure washer to clean an aircraft when his left foot was sprayed with the water, causing a puncture wound.
2019-09-16	San Antonio	Texas	Toyota Motor Manufacturing Visitor Center	BODY SYSTEMS	Direct exposure to electricity
An employee was shocked while changing out a motor on an offline washer. The employee was hospitalized.
2019-09-09	Brent	Alabama	Burkes Mechanical, Inc.	Hand(s)	Contact with hot objects or substances
A maintenance employee had just tightened a bolt. A second employee then put a wrench on it to check it. As the second employee was applying pressure to the wrench, a valve which controls the flow from the degreaser to the washer opened slightly. The injured employee was sprayed by 200-degree stock. He sustained third degree burns to both hands and second degree burns to his back.
2019-08-12	Lansing	Kansas	ARAMARK UNIFORM SERVICE	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure to environmental heat
An employee was loading industrial washers in the plant. The employee appeared unwell and was hospitalized for possible heat stress and/or heat stroke.
2019-08-09	Kennedy Space Center	Florida	DELAWARE NORTH COMPANY	Forearm(s)	Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
An employee was pressure washing when the pressure washer nozzle came off and bounced back, striking the employee's forearm. The employee suffered a laceration to the right forearm and a possible impact injury to an artery.
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.
2019-07-24	Janesville	Wisconsin	Concrete & Masonry Restoration, LLC	Foot (feet)	Struck by discharged object or substance
An employee was using a 7,000-psi pressure washer to clean out caulk from concrete. The hose to the pressure washer got entangled and as the employee freed the hose, the pressure washer traversed across his foot while spraying, causing a severe laceration requiring hospitalization.
2019-07-18	Mansfield	Massachusett	Longhorn USA	Arm(s)	Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c.
An employee was opening the door of a dishwasher when it came off the track and seriously lacerated his arm.
2019-07-13	Lewiston	Maine	ReEnergy Holdings	Lower leg(s)	Struck by discharged object or substance
An employee was pressure washing an excavator. The pressure washer hose became tangled. When the employee went to untangle the hose she was hit by high pressure water. The employee was hospitalized with a puncture wound and burn to the left calf.
2019-07-12	Lake Buena Vista	Florida	Walt Disney Parks and Resorts U.S., Inc.	Foot (feet)	Struck by discharged object or substance
An employee completed pressure washing the deck of an onstage area in the water park. The employee was gathering equipment to clean up the pressure washer. The pressure washer activated while it was resting on his left work boot. The employee sustained a wound to his left foot that required surgery.
2019-06-28	Meadville	Pennsylvania	Environmental Products & Services of Vermont, Inc.	Toes(s), toenail(s)	Struck by discharged object or substance
Employees were cleaning and removing sludge from a pit. A vacuum truck was vacuuming the sludge out of the pit. An employee was using a pressure washer to help make the sludge more flowable. Another employee was holding the vacuum hose to evacuate the sludge when his foot became stuck in the sludge. The employee operating the pressure washer used it around the other employee's stuck foot in an attempt to free it. The water from the pressure washer penetrated through the top of the employee's bo
2019-06-28	Horizon City	Texas	Kinder Morgan Inc.	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure to environmental heat
An employee was cleaning oil off the floor of a turbine unit with a pressure washer at a compressor station when he began to feel dizzy and later experienced headaches. He was hospitalized for heat exhaustion.
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.
2019-05-29	Mechanicsburg	Pennsylvania	Messiah Lifeways at Messiah Village	Brain	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
An employee was stepping over a washer and caught his foot in the loop of the rope attached to his cart. He fell and suffered a subdural hematoma.
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.
2019-03-18	Isola	Mississippi	KINDER MORGAN, INC	Nonclassifiable	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
While setting up a pressure washer, an employee fell to the ground from a height of about 4 feet. The employee was hospitalized.
2019-03-15	Humphrey	Nebraska	Double D Farms, LLC	Nonclassifiable	Vehicle or machinery fire
Three employees were power washing when the washer caught fire. Two of the employees were hospitalized with burns.
2019-03-11	Anton	Texas	Brinkerhoff Inspection	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
An employee was checking a pressure washer motor belt's tightness when the motor energized, catching the employee's right index finger in the belt and pulley. The employee's right index finger was amputated.
2019-03-02	Tampa	Florida	Pinnacle Campus Living	BODY SYSTEMS	Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode
An employee that was operating a gas powered pressure washer sustained carbon monoxide poisoning and was hospitalized.
2019-03-01	Wilton Manors	Florida	Diversified Home and Business Services LLC	Multiple body parts	Vehicle or machinery fire
On March 1, 2019, an employee was restarting a pressure washer after refueling it when the pressure washer caught on fire. The employee suffered burns to 20-22% of his body including the left arm and shoulder, the chest and upper back.
2019-02-28	Searcy	Arkansas	Cintas Corporation	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was working on an industrial washer. He was trying to get the drum to rotate when it moved unexpectedly, pulling his finger into the nip point of the belt and pulley. It then rocked back, discharging his finger from the nip point. The employee's pinky finger was amputated. The machine had been locked out at the time of the incident.
2019-01-17	Omaha	Nebraska	Certified Transmission	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was sending a part through a pass-through parts washer. He was attempting to guide the part when his glove and finger were caught in the conveyor, pinching his fingertip at the transition from the washer to the roller conveyor. As a result, his right ring fingertip was amputated.
2018-09-26	Springfield	Illinois	Michel Concrete Construction, Inc.	Multiple body parts	Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
On September 26, 2018, an employee was pressure washing a truck conveyor when he tripped over the pressure washer hose and fell approximately 14 feet to the ground below. He was hospitalized with a dislocated left shoulder and fractures to the right arm, L1 vertebra, and pelvis.
2018-09-24	Tulsa	Oklahoma	Command Center	Hand(s)	Struck by discharged object or substance
An employee was washing a car when a pressure washer sprayed his hand, lacerating it.
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.
2018-09-14	Point Comfort	Texas	HydroChem, LLC	Arm(s)	Struck by discharged object or substance
An employee was cleaning a filter basket with a 40,000 PSI pressure washer when the water gun rotated towards the employee and the pressurized water blast lacerated his right arm. The employee was hospitalized and the arm was amputated.
2018-09-09	Weirton	West Virgini	Galaxie Industrial Services, LLC	Foot (feet)	Struck by discharged object or substance
An employee was cleaning inside a tank with a pressure washer. The stream from the washer cut through the employee's right boot and into the employee's foot.
2018-09-04	Newark	Delaware	City Window Cleaning, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck by discharged object or substance
An employee was scrubbing an aluminum panel while a coworker was pressure washing nearby when the water jet from the coworker's pressure washer lacerated the employee's finger. He was hospitalized and required stitches.
2018-08-31	Pasadena	Texas	Alpha Technical Services	Hand(s)	Struck by discharged object or substance
An employee was testing the gun for a pressure washer when it shot high-pressure water into his hand. He suffered possible tendon damage, water under the skin of three fingers, and abrasions, requiring hospitalization.
2018-08-19	Oglethorpe	Georgia	Bilfinger Industrial Services, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck by falling object or equipment
While repairing a brown stock washer, an employee was attempting to remove a tie rod from the packing with a come-along when the tie rod fell. The employee reached out to grab the packing and his right fourth finger was crushed between the tie rod and a hydraulic shaft, resulting in a finger amputation.