Incident date: 2017-10-20
NAICS industry code: 811310

An employee was cleaning a pipe with a lance that ejects high-pressure water when the hose burst. The high-pressure water was then injected into his right-hand palm, requiring overnight hospitalization.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by discharged object or substance
code_source: title: Pressurized water-blast
code_nature: title: Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
code_body: title: Hand(s), except finger(s)
severity: moderate