Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds

Name: Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at Ingalls Shipbuilding, Inc.
Start: 6/1/2017

1 hospitalization · 2017064977 · 6/1/2017 · Ingalls Shipbuilding, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Hand(s), except finger(s)
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: Ingalls Shipbuilding, Inc.
Location: 1000 Jerry St. Pe` Hwy, PASCAGOULA, MISSISSIPPI, 39567
NAICS: 336611
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

On June 1, 2017, an employee was spray painting in a compartment aboard a vessel when his spray gun became clogged. As he attempted to clean the tip of the spray gun, the gun discharged paint. The paint broke the skin and was injected into his left palm.

Source

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