Incident date: 2018-05-25
NAICS industry code: 238320

An employee was using an abrasive blaster when its hose caught on the platform he was working on. The blaster turned on the employee, and its steel shot caused an abrasion below his chin. The dead man's switch on the blaster had been disabled.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by discharged object or substance
code_source: title: Source, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Abrasions, scratches
code_body: title: Jaw, chin
severity: moderate