Incident date: 2018-02-27
NAICS industry code: 236220

An employee was dry blasting garnet media from a step ladder. As he went to step down a rung, he stepped on the hose, angled the blasting gun down toward his leg, and blasted his thigh. He suffered a right leg media intrusion and required hospitalization.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by discharged object or substance
code_source: title: Source, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
code_body: title: Leg(s), unspecified
severity: moderate