Incident date: 2018-12-17
NAICS industry code: 331221

An employee had been cleaning a paint gun. He tripped over the paint hose, lost balance and pulled the trigger of the paint gun. His left hand was sprayed with methyl ethyl ketone (MEK) and the force of the spray cut his glove and caused a laceration to the hand. The employee was hospitalized for infection.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by discharged object or substance
code_source: title: Methyl ethyl ketone
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations
code_body: title: Hand(s), unspecified
severity: moderate