Incident date: 2017-12-06
NAICS industry code: 811310

An employee was prepping a blast pot for the next day and opened the top man-way. Pressure then escaped, causing the employee to be struck in the face by an unknown object. The employee sustained a laceration above his eyes and was hospitalized. The blast pot was not locked/tagged out at the time of the incident.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
code_source: title: Nonclassifiable
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations
code_body: title: Forehead
severity: moderate