Incident date: 2017-04-18
NAICS industry code: 311999

On April 18, 2017, at approximately 9:00 p.m., an employee was using a spray nozzle when it stopped working then suddenly started up again. He lost control of the nozzle and sprayed his right thumb lacerating it. He was hospitalized for surgery on a torn tendon.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by discharged object or substance
code_source: title: Nonclassifiable
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: moderate