Incident date: 2017-08-05
NAICS industry code: 238320

An employee was grit blasting the exterior of a sulfur tank when he lost his grip on the blast nozzle. The hose swung freely, and the blast media was injected into his upper thigh.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by discharged object or substance
code_source: title: Nonclassifiable
code_nature: title: Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
code_body: title: Thigh(s)
severity: moderate