OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14451272
HIGHWAY RENTALS INC
LAS VEGAS, NV—
Event description
Employee injured when sandblasting
Investigation abstract
Employee #1, age 17, was sandblasting highway paint stripes when he lost control of the hose nozzle and sandblasted his right leg behind the knee. The sandblast nozzle was not equipped with a manually operated open/close valve.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 17 M
- Nature of injury
- 7
- Part of body
- 16
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 2
- Occupation code
- 69
- Human factor
- 6
- Environmental factor
- 5
- Hazardous substance
- 9010
- Task assigned
- 1
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