Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds

Name: Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at HORTON EMERGENCY VEHICLES
Start: 10/15/2021

1 hospitalization · 2021108905 · 10/15/2021 · HORTON EMERGENCY VEHICLES

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: HORTON EMERGENCY VEHICLES
Location: 3800 MCDOWELL ROAD, GROVE CITY, OHIO, 43123
NAICS: 336112
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was using an air powered spray gun to apply peelable paint to a unit when they dropped the spray gun. The employee tried to catch the spray gun and hit the trigger, causing it to spray through their glove and into their right thumb.

Source

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