Incident date: 2016-02-04
NAICS industry code: 423990

On February 4, 2016, an employee was hospitalized due to an injury to the left hand requiring surgery. The employee was changing the tip of a spray gun and paint was injected into his palm.

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: Hand(s), except finger(s)
severity: moderate