Incident date: 2016-03-14
NAICS industry code: 237990

An employee was operating a sand blaster when the sand blaster whip hose fell. The blast media penetrated the employee's sand blast suit and lacerated the employee's forearm, requiring hospitalization.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
code_source: title: Sandblasters-powered
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations
code_body: title: Forearm(s)
severity: moderate