Incident date: 2016-07-20
NAICS industry code: 238160

An employee was painting a room with a paint sprayer (approximately 2000 psi). The equipment malfunctioned and the employee's left thumb was lacerated. In addition, paint was injected into the laceration.

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