Incident date: 2022-04-12
NAICS industry code: 321991

An employee was spraying texture material on a ceiling when his spray nozzle clogged. He was trying to clear it when it shot texture into his right ring finger below the second knuckle, lacerating it. He was hospitalized, requiring surgery to completely clean the wound.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by discharged object or substance
code_source: title: Chemicals and chemical products, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: moderate