Incident date: 2019-05-15
NAICS industry code: 237120

An employee was using abrasive blasting equipment as part of the fabrication process for a steel tubular rack. The employee's left hand suffered an abrasion that required hospitalization after it was struck by the blasting media.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by discharged object or substance
code_source: title: Source, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Abrasions, scratches
code_body: title: Hand(s), unspecified
severity: moderate