Incident date: 2019-03-07
NAICS industry code: 236210

An employee was sandblasting sheets on the ground. The sandblaster was low on media, and the employee released the trigger to refill it. The hose applied pressure to the employee's wrist, which twisted toward the employee's upper leg and hip. The sandblaster then shot media into the employee's midsection, causing a laceration between the hip and leg.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by discharged object or substance
code_source: title: Source, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations
code_body: title: Hip(s) and leg(s)
severity: moderate