Incident date: 2016-02-23
NAICS industry code: 332996

An employee was sandblasting metal parts when he lost control of the sandblasting gun. The gun dropped and spun around, blasting him in the stomach. His stomach was lacerated and required surgery.

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: Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate