Incident date: 2017-06-07
NAICS industry code: 332420

An employee was cleaning a paint gun using MEK (methyl ethyl ketone), when the high-pressure stream of MEK was injected into his left palm, requiring hospitalization.

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