Incident date: 2017-12-12
NAICS industry code: 541620

An employee was cutting windows in the sheet metal of a tank using high-pressure water (40k) when the equipment's magnet, which holds the cutter to the tank, failed. The water then lacerated the employee's right thigh above the knee.

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: Thigh(s)
severity: moderate