Incident date: 2018-10-24
NAICS industry code: 336212

An employee was cleaning an electrostatic paint gun when the trigger was pulled and air pressure from the electrostatic paint gun injected undercoating material into his left index finger. The trigger was not locked out and the electrostatic air valve was not turned off at the time of the incident.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by discharged object or substance
code_source: title: Paint, lacquer, shellac, varnish, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: moderate