Incident date: 2018-08-06
NAICS industry code: 332312

An employee was blasting a girder outside when he stopped to refill his blasting pot. As he opened the door/lid, sand and debris released under pressure and struck his face and eyes. A blasting hood was not worn at the time of the incident.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by discharged object or substance
code_source: title: Source, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
code_body: title: Multiple face locations
severity: moderate