Incident date: 2022-07-15
NAICS industry code: 541990

An employee was sitting on a pipe inside a tank, sandblasting. He put his hose down to slide forward and start sandblasting another area. The hose activated and injected the back of his left leg with sandblasting medium.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by discharged object or substance
code_source: title: Source, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
code_body: title: Leg(s), unspecified
severity: moderate