Incident date: 2021-06-10
NAICS industry code: 238120

An employee was cleaning a spray paint hopper bucket with a pressure washer. The employee reached down to adjust the position of the bucket with his left hand when his left index finger contacted the water from the pressure washer, resulting in a laceration that required hospitalization.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by discharged object or substance
code_source: title: Pressurized water-blast
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: moderate