Incident date: 2023-04-03
NAICS industry code: 336611

An employee was sandblasting when the nozzle of the sandblaster became clogged. While unclogging the nozzle, the trigger was activated and pressurized air and sand were discharged resulting in injury to the employee's arm.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by discharged object or substance
code_source: title: Source, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
code_body: title: Arm(s), unspecified
severity: moderate