Incident date: 2025-06-02
NAICS industry code: 213112

An employee was sandblasting in the bay and was maneuvering around the blowout preventer (BOP) when the sandblasting hose became caught on a corner of the BOP. The nozzle of the hose jerked downward, discharging high-pressure abrasive material at the employee's upper left thigh. The employee was hospitalized with a high-pressure injection injury.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by discharged object or substance
code_source: title: Chips, particles, splinters  unspecified
code_nature: title: Surface and flesh wounds  unspecified
code_body: title: Thigh(s)
severity: moderate