Incident date: 2024-05-06
NAICS industry code: 324110

An employee was performing abrasive blasting on two six-inch pipes. While rolling the pipe in the kneeling position, the blast nozzle engaged. They sustained an abrasion of the right inner thigh from the abrasive blasting media contacting them at 95 PSI.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by discharged object or substance
code_source: title: Pressurized air blast
code_nature: title: Abrasions
code_body: title: Thigh(s)
severity: moderate