| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-03-06 | Saraland | Alabama | Allied Steel Corporation, Inc. | Multiple face locations | Struck by discharged object or substance |
| A temporary employee was using a sandblaster to prepare steel product for painting. The employee lost control of the sandblaster and sandblasting material struck the employee's face and eyes. The employee sustained abrasions to the left side of the face (cheek and forehead). | |||||
| 2019-06-24 | Missoula | Montana | TrueNorth Steel | Trunk | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
| An employee was sandblasting a steel bridge beam when he tripped on a beam behind him and fell with the sandblaster in hand. The sandblaster's deadman switch was tripped, but a residual amount of media made contact with and abraded the employee's torso area. | |||||
| 2019-03-07 | Billings | Montana | Corval Group | Hip(s) and leg(s) | Struck by discharged object or substance |
| An employee was sandblasting sheets on the ground. The sandblaster was low on media, and the employee released the trigger to refill it. The hose applied pressure to the employee's wrist, which twisted toward the employee's upper leg and hip. The sandblaster then shot media into the employee's midsection, causing a laceration between the hip and leg. | |||||
| 2019-02-19 | Fargo | North Dakota | O'Day Tank & Steel LLC | Thigh(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
| On February 19, 2019, while sandblasting outside a tank, an employee tripped over the sandblaster hose and fell to the floor, suffering a broken left femur. | |||||
| 2018-04-19 | Caddo Mills | Texas | H2O Steel Contractors, LLC | Arm(s) | Struck by discharged object or substance |
| An employee was sandblasting when the hose became disconnected. As he attempted to fix the hose, his right arm was sandblasted. The sandblaster was running at the time. | |||||
| 2017-08-01 | Trainer | Pennsylvania | Service Painting, Inc. | Thigh(s) | Struck by discharged object or substance |
| An employee was conducting sandblasting operations and was struck by the sandblaster spray. His leg was injured above the knee and required hospitalization. | |||||
| 2017-07-11 | Opheim | Montana | MAGUIRE IRON, INC. | Thigh(s) | Struck by discharged object or substance |
| An employee was sandblasting an iron tower when the employee dropped or lost control of the sandblaster and the grit blast material penetrated the employee's upper leg. The employee was hospitalized and had surgery. | |||||
| 2017-07-01 | West Union | West Virgini | Precision Pipeline, LLC | Arm(s) | Struck by discharged object or substance |
| While sandblasting a pipeline, an employee stepped on the sandblaster's air hose. The nozzle then swung toward the employee, and sandblast media was injected into his arm. | |||||
| 2016-07-06 | Pennsauken | New Jersey | ALUMINUM SHAPES, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was using a sandblaster when the top third of the employee's right ring finger was amputated by the sand blaster's belt and pulley. | |||||
| 2016-06-21 | Buffalo | New York | Cobey Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee suffered three fingertip amputations while unclogging a sandblaster. | |||||
| 2015-12-15 | Beallsville | Ohio | Integrity Kokosing Pipeline Services | Upper arm(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
| An employee was sandblasting pipe at the Rice Energy Compressor Station. The sandblaster slipped out of employee's hands, hit the pipe and struck the employee's upper right arm. | |||||
| 2015-10-29 | Colman | South Dakota | T&R Electric Supply Company, Inc. | Thigh(s) | Fall on same level, n.e.c. |
| An employee was knocked backwards from a sudden burst of pressure from the sandblaster he was using, tripped over the air supply line, and fell to the concrete floor fracturing the right femur. | |||||