Incident date: 2019-04-16
NAICS industry code: 238320

An employee was cleaning a paint gun with xylene. He had removed the gun's spray tip when pressurized xylene sprayed out, lacerating and injecting his hand. He was hospitalized with hand swelling and a potential infection.

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