Incident date: 2019-10-09
NAICS industry code: 811310

An employee was hydroblasting when the sprinkler head malfunctioned. Water shot out of the hose at 18,000 psi, blowing off a piece of pipe and tubing. The piece impaled an employee's left leg, breaking the tibia.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
code_source: title: Scrap, waste, debris, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Lower leg(s)
severity: moderate