Incident date: 2023-09-13
NAICS industry code: 238320

On 9/13/2023, an employee had been painting a drywall ceiling and needed to change nozzle tips on an airless paint sprayer. He began unscrewing the nozzle when the sprayer discharged the needle into his right hand and injected paint under the skin. The employee required surgery.

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), unspecified
severity: moderate