Incident date: 2018-07-12
NAICS industry code: 237990

An employee was using an underwater blaster to clear barnacle off of wooden columns when a wave came in and splashed against him, knocking him off balance and into the path of the blaster's water jet, which cut his left index finger. His left index finger was amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by discharged object or substance
code_source: title: Pressurized water-blast
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high