Incident date: 2019-12-02
NAICS industry code: 562998

An employee was lancing a line (high-pressure water cleaning) when the lance whipped out under pressure and cut the employee. The employee received a water laceration to the ribcage area.

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: Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate