{ "dataset_name": "OSHA ITA 2025 Explicit Hydraulic-Fluid Tissue-Entry Cases v1.0", "publisher": "Memphis Hydraulic Hose Repair Research", "identity": "Memphis Hydraulic Hose Repair Research is the independent research and reference section of memphishydraulichoserepair.com.", "version": "1.0", "verified_on": "2026-07-29", "source_page": "https://www.osha.gov/itadata", "source_file": "https://www.osha.gov/sites/default/largefiles/ITA_Case_Detail_Data_2025_through_3-15-2026.csv", "source_scope": "2025 work-related case-detail records submitted to OSHA from 2026-01-01 through 2026-03-15.", "selection_method": { "candidate_filter": "Case-insensitive literal substring 'hydraulic' or common misspelling 'hydrolic' in job description, incident location, incident description, before-incident narrative, event narrative, injury narrative, or object/substance narrative.", "candidate_records": 740, "strict_rule": "Include only when the official narrative explicitly states that hydraulic fluid/oil was injected into, pierced, or was ejected with pressure into body tissue and the injury description is consistent with tissue entry.", "manual_review": "Broad tissue-entry, pressure, spray, puncture, laceration, pinhole, and body-part candidate sets were manually reviewed." }, "important_limitations": [ "The current file is not the final complete 2025 ITA case-detail file.", "ITA case-detail reporting applies to specified establishment sizes and industries and is not representative of all U.S. establishments or workers.", "Counts are record counts in the published file, not incidence rates.", "The city field identifies the reporting establishment's city, not necessarily the geographic location of the incident.", "Near-boundary pressure-jet laceration records were excluded when tissue entry was not explicit." ], "summary": { "literal_hydraulic_term_match_records": 740, "strict_explicit_tissue_entry_records": 4, "hand_or_digit_records": 4, "days_away_outcome_records": 4 }, "records": [ { "record_id": "1931358", "event_date": "2025-02-25", "establishment_city": "Carthage", "state": "MO", "naics_code": "332613", "industry_description": "Springs and spring units for seats, light gauge, made from purchased wire or strip", "job_description": "Maintenance Tech", "incident_outcome_code": "2", "incident_outcome_label": "Days away from work", "days_away_from_work": "5", "days_job_transfer_or_restriction": "0", "incident_description": "Finger thumb; cut puncture scrape by foreign object in body", "activity_before_incident": "Maintenance mold tech was working on [REDACTED] to find a hydraulic leak.", "event_narrative": "While trying to separate a group of hoses to see which one was leaking the employee covered the pin hole with their finger.", "injury_narrative": "Hydraulic injection of right middle finger", "object_or_substance": "Hydraulic oil", "activity_class": "leak-finding / hose separation", "body_region": "right middle finger", "mechanism_class": "explicit hydraulic-fluid injection", "inclusion_reason": "Narrative identifies a pinhole leak and explicitly records hydraulic injection of the right middle finger.", "source_agency": "U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration", "source_dataset": "2025 ITA Case Detail Data submitted 2026-01-01 through 2026-03-15", "source_url": "https://www.osha.gov/sites/default/largefiles/ITA_Case_Detail_Data_2025_through_3-15-2026.csv", "source_data_window": "2025 incidents submitted 2026-01-01 through 2026-03-15; not the final complete-year file", "verification_grade": "★ Official OSHA row manually reviewed", "verified_on": "2026-07-29" }, { "record_id": "1991316", "event_date": "2025-12-14", "establishment_city": "Liberal", "state": "KS", "naics_code": "311611", "industry_description": "Beef carcasses, half carcasses, primal and sub-primal cuts, produced in slaughtering plants", "job_description": "kill maint", "incident_outcome_code": "2", "incident_outcome_label": "Days away from work", "days_away_from_work": "7", "days_job_transfer_or_restriction": "91", "incident_description": "PUNCTURE WOUND LTHAND FROMHYDRAULIC [REDACTED]", "activity_before_incident": "WORKING ON HYDRAULIC [REDACTED]", "event_narrative": "[REDACTED] FLUID EJECTED WITH PRESSURE INTO HIS LT HAND", "injury_narrative": "PRESSURE PUNCTURE WOUND", "object_or_substance": "HYDRAULIC FLUID", "activity_class": "hydraulic maintenance", "body_region": "left hand", "mechanism_class": "pressurized-fluid tissue entry", "inclusion_reason": "Narrative states fluid was ejected with pressure into the left hand and records a pressure puncture wound.", "source_agency": "U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration", "source_dataset": "2025 ITA Case Detail Data submitted 2026-01-01 through 2026-03-15", "source_url": "https://www.osha.gov/sites/default/largefiles/ITA_Case_Detail_Data_2025_through_3-15-2026.csv", "source_data_window": "2025 incidents submitted 2026-01-01 through 2026-03-15; not the final complete-year file", "verification_grade": "★ Official OSHA row manually reviewed", "verified_on": "2026-07-29" }, { "record_id": "2279490", "event_date": "2025-12-09", "establishment_city": "Seattle", "state": "WA", "naics_code": "483212", "industry_description": "Passenger transportation, inland waters (except on Great Lakes system)", "job_description": "staff chief", "incident_outcome_code": "2", "incident_outcome_label": "Days away from work", "days_away_from_work": "35", "days_job_transfer_or_restriction": "0", "incident_description": "hydraulic fluid pierced finger", "activity_before_incident": "working on [REDACTED]", "event_narrative": "employee was backing out threads to release pressure and high pressure hydraulic fluid release pierced pointer finger", "injury_narrative": "puncture laceration to finger", "object_or_substance": "lift bearing pump switch", "activity_class": "pressure release / threaded connection", "body_region": "pointer finger", "mechanism_class": "high-pressure hydraulic-fluid penetration", "inclusion_reason": "Narrative states high-pressure hydraulic fluid pierced the pointer finger.", "source_agency": "U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration", "source_dataset": "2025 ITA Case Detail Data submitted 2026-01-01 through 2026-03-15", "source_url": "https://www.osha.gov/sites/default/largefiles/ITA_Case_Detail_Data_2025_through_3-15-2026.csv", "source_data_window": "2025 incidents submitted 2026-01-01 through 2026-03-15; not the final complete-year file", "verification_grade": "★ Official OSHA row manually reviewed", "verified_on": "2026-07-29" }, { "record_id": "2344192", "event_date": "2025-05-19", "establishment_city": "Depew", "state": "NY", "naics_code": "327320", "industry_description": "Central-mixed concrete manufacturing", "job_description": "RMTO", "incident_outcome_code": "2", "incident_outcome_label": "Days away from work", "days_away_from_work": "34", "days_job_transfer_or_restriction": "0", "incident_description": "Injection injury to left index finger.", "activity_before_incident": "Investigating leaking hydraulic fluid on back of [REDACTED]", "event_narrative": "Placed hands on hydraulic component causing hydraulic fluid to spray and inject fluid into their left index finger", "injury_narrative": "Injection injury to left index finger", "object_or_substance": "Hydraulic fluid", "activity_class": "leak investigation", "body_region": "left index finger", "mechanism_class": "explicit hydraulic-fluid injection", "inclusion_reason": "Narrative explicitly states hydraulic fluid sprayed and injected into the left index finger.", "source_agency": "U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration", "source_dataset": "2025 ITA Case Detail Data submitted 2026-01-01 through 2026-03-15", "source_url": "https://www.osha.gov/sites/default/largefiles/ITA_Case_Detail_Data_2025_through_3-15-2026.csv", "source_data_window": "2025 incidents submitted 2026-01-01 through 2026-03-15; not the final complete-year file", "verification_grade": "★ Official OSHA row manually reviewed", "verified_on": "2026-07-29" } ] }