Incident date: 2017-07-29
NAICS industry code: 238990

An employee was standing outside a storage tank while water blasting operations were being conducted inside. The employee's upper legs were cut by water coming out of the manway from a water blaster being used to blast asphalt inside the storage tank.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by discharged object or substance
code_source: title: Water
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations
code_body: title: Thigh(s)
severity: moderate