Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds

Name: Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at Seacoast Air Conditioning and Sheet Metal, Inc.
Start: 2/1/2017

1 hospitalization · 2017021001 · 2/1/2017 · Seacoast Air Conditioning and Sheet Metal, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
Nature of injury: Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds

Cause

Event: Struck by discharged object or substance
Source: Nonclassifiable
Secondary source: Sprayers, air guns-paint

Employer

Name: Seacoast Air Conditioning and Sheet Metal, Inc.
Location: 3108 Industrial 31st Street, FORT PIERCE, FLORIDA, 34946
NAICS: 238220
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was cleaning an airless sprayer and pressed the trigger while his finger was at the nozzle and the sprayer contents were injected into his right index finger.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown