Incident date: 2024-04-22
NAICS industry code: 221115

An employee was trying to remove a shrink disk using grease from a grease gun. The grease fitting through which the grease was being supplied broke, and the pressurized grease was injected through the hole for the fitting into the employee's hand.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by discharged object or substance
code_source: title: Lubricating fluids
code_nature: title: Traumatic injuries or exposures  unspecified
code_body: title: Hand(s), except finger(s)
severity: moderate