Incident date: 2016-08-18
NAICS industry code: 238320

An employee was using a safety tool designed to unstop a paint sprayer (spray gun) when the gun blew paint out the front or side and injected it into the employee's fingertip. He underwent surgery to remove the paint/debris.

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: Fingertip(s)
severity: moderate