Incident date: 2018-10-19
NAICS industry code: 561311

A temporary employee was inside a portable toilet as other temporary employees were steam spraying a pipe when a welding rod shot out from the pipe and penetrated the portable toilet, striking the employee in the abdomen. She was hospitalized and required stitches.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by discharged object or substance
code_source: title: Tool parts, accessories, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Open wounds, unspecified
code_body: title: Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate