Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds

Name: Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at D&D Fabrication
Start: 2/27/2018

1 hospitalization · 2018021967 · 2/27/2018 · D&D Fabrication

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: D&D Fabrication
Location: 1647 Clay Road, VALDOSTA, GEORGIA, 31601
NAICS: 332710
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was spraying paint with an airless sprayer (3,000 psi) when the spray stream struck his left middle finger, breaking the skin and injecting paint into his finger. He was hospitalized and had surgery.

Source

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