Incident date: 2022-08-24
NAICS industry code: 238310

On August 24, 2022, an employee was cleaning paint out of an airless sprayer with water. The spray gun jerked and hit his left middle finger with high-pressure paint and water, causing a 1/4-inch injection wound.

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