Incident date: 2018-11-28
NAICS industry code: 238990

Air pressure was being applied to an underground natural gas line. The air escaped from the line, and air and dirt entered an employee's skin under his pants leg. He suffered a serious leg injury.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by discharged object or substance
code_source: title: Pressurized air-blast
code_nature: title: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
code_body: title: Leg(s), unspecified
severity: moderate