Incident date: 2017-08-07
NAICS industry code: 238320

An employee was sandblasting steel above his head. While he was adjusting his hand position on the nozzle, it slipped out of his hand. When he tried to catch the nozzle, it blasted his arm above the elbow, lacerating his arm and a vein.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by discharged object or substance
code_source: title: Source, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations
code_body: title: Upper arm(s)
severity: moderate