Incident date: 2017-10-14
NAICS industry code: 561720

An employee was pressure-washing slag through a 3-inch port at the bottom section of a boiler. While blasting the slag, the employee lost his balance and released his grip on the pressure-washing lance. He slipped and fell backwards into a wingnut protruding from a hatch on the boiler and lacerated his right thigh.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall on same level due to slipping
code_source: title: Floor, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations
code_body: title: Thigh(s)
severity: moderate