Incident date: 2023-07-20
NAICS industry code: 238320

An employee was cleaning the clogged nozzle of a paint sprayer when paint was injected into their left middle finger at a pressure between 2,500 and 3,000 psi. The employee was hospitalized.

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