Incident date: 2022-03-22
NAICS industry code: 336214

An employee was blasting parts with aluminum oxide using a blast hood. While blasting, the rubber gasket on the blast hood became loose. The employee attempted to seal the gasket in place with duct tape and continued blasting. The employee suffered erythema and ruptured capillaries.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode
code_source: title: Aluminum and compounds
code_nature: title: Other traumatic injuries and disorders, unspecified
code_body: title: Nonclassifiable
severity: moderate