Incident date: 2016-04-21
NAICS industry code: 238990

An employee was hydro blasting on top of a vertical exchanger with a 20,000-psi cleaning lance when he lost his balance and control of the lance. The water stream from the lance cut through his metatarsal boot, lacerating the top of his right foot.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by discharged object or substance
code_source: title: Pressurized water-blast
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations
code_body: title: Foot (feet), n.e.c.
severity: moderate