Incident date: 2023-05-09
NAICS industry code: 238310

An employee was using a utility knife to remove a spray painter hose from a railing that was attached with tape. The employee cut the tape and the hose was also cut in the process. He went to grab the hose when the pressure in the hose caused paint to be injected into the employee's thumb.

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