Cuts, lacerations

Name: Cuts, lacerations at TRU
Start: 4/12/2022

1 hospitalization · 2022043198 · 4/12/2022 · TRU

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
Nature of injury: Cuts, lacerations

Cause

Event: Struck by discharged object or substance
Source: Chemicals and chemical products, n.e.c.
Secondary source: Sprayers, air guns-paint

Employer

Name: TRU
Location: 1313 Industrial Park Road, BELTON, TEXAS, 76513
NAICS: 321991
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was spraying texture material on a ceiling when his spray nozzle clogged. He was trying to clear it when it shot texture into his right ring finger below the second knuckle, lacerating it. He was hospitalized, requiring surgery to completely clean the wound.

Source

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