Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds

Name: Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at Brownsville Marine Products
Start: 2/28/2017

1 hospitalization · 2017021894 · 2/28/2017 · Brownsville Marine Products

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: Paint
Secondary source: Sprayers, air guns-paint

Employer

Name: Brownsville Marine Products
Location: 1800 Paul Thomas Boulevard, BROWNSVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA, 15417
NAICS: 336611
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was working on the paint line when the employee's right index finger was injected with paint by a stationary pain gun. The high pressure injury will require surgery.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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