Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds

Name: Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at GRI Towers Texas, Inc.
Start: 10/3/2021

1 hospitalization · 2021108542 · 10/3/2021 · GRI Towers Texas, 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: Chemicals and chemical products, unspecified
Secondary source: Sprayers, air guns-paint

Employer

Name: GRI Towers Texas, Inc.
Location: 9200 NE 24th Ave., AMARILLO, TEXAS, 79108
NAICS: 221118
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was changing the butterfly end on a pneumatic, handheld paint gun containing a hazardous chemical when the trigger went off, resulting in a puncture wound on the employee's left index finger.

Source

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