Incident date: 2015-01-20
NAICS industry code: 336611

An employee operating a water blaster tripped and fell. When the employee picked the water blaster back up, his hands were cut by the water pressure. The employee was taken to the hospital and was hospitalized. The cut had to be kept open because of possible debris intrusion in the open wound.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall on same level due to tripping, unspecified
code_source: title: Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations
code_body: title: Hand(s), unspecified
severity: moderate