Incident date: 2015-03-20
NAICS industry code: 928110

An employee was performing water lancing operations on the U.S.S. Baton at BAE Shipyard in Norfolk, Virginia. The employee was struck by water pressure at the discharge end of the water lancing equipment, resulting in injuries to the right middle finger. The employee was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by discharged object or substance
code_source: title: Pressurized water-blast
code_nature: title: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: moderate