Incident date: 2022-12-09
NAICS industry code: 424720

An employee was helping perform maintenance on a new high pressure grease pump prior to delivering it to a customer. The high pressure grease cracked the fitting and lacerated the employee's hand at 5,600 psi. Grease was injected into the wound. The employee was not wearing PPE at the time.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by discharged object or substance
code_source: title: Lubricating greases, cutting oils
code_nature: title: Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
code_body: title: Hand(s), unspecified
severity: moderate