Incident date: 2020-09-14
NAICS industry code: 327120

An employee was abrasive blasting structural steel when their air supply hood caught on something causing the employee to lose their balance. As the employee reached to regain their balance, the abrasive nozzle crossed their arm causing a laceration/abrasion injury to their wrist.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by discharged object or substance
code_source: title: Source, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations
code_body: title: Wrist(s)
severity: moderate