Incident date: 2017-07-22
NAICS industry code: 336611

An employee was conducting ultra high-pressure water jet cutting when his knee buckled and he lost his balance. As he was attempting to regain his balance, the cutting wand moved over his left foot and punctured a hole through it. He was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by discharged object or substance
code_source: title: Pressurized water-blast
code_nature: title: Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
code_body: title: Foot (feet), unspecified
severity: moderate