Incident date: 2022-12-18
NAICS industry code: 238990

An employee was walking backward while abrasive blasting steel pipe on a stationary flat bed. The employee tripped on the hose of the abrasive blaster and stumbled backward, blasting air and media (coal slag) into his left knee.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall, slip, trip, unspecified
code_source: title: Floor, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Open wounds, unspecified
code_body: title: Knee(s)
severity: moderate