Incident date: 2025-04-01
NAICS industry code: 423620

An employee was painting the inside of a new parts-cleaning machine for electric motors and motor parts when the airborne paint exploded and burned the employee. The employee sustained burns to their neck, lower forearms, and hands.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Explosion of nonpressurized vapors, gases, or liquids
code_source: title: Paint, lacquer, shellac, varnish
code_nature: title: Thermal burns  degree unspecified
code_body: title: Neck and upper extremities
severity: moderate