Incident date: 2017-07-11
NAICS industry code: 811310

An employee was sandblasting an iron tower when the employee dropped or lost control of the sandblaster and the grit blast material penetrated the employee's upper leg. The employee was hospitalized and had surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by discharged object or substance
code_source: title: Sand, gravel
code_nature: title: Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
code_body: title: Thigh(s)
severity: moderate