Incident date: 2018-02-08
NAICS industry code: 311615

An employee was preparing to rinse down a line with a water pressure gun when he had trouble removing the gun's water nozzle. As he attempted to remove the nozzle, the high-pressure water shot into and lacerated the inside of his mouth.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by discharged object or substance
code_source: title: Pressurized water-blast
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations
code_body: title: Mouth, unspecified
severity: moderate