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Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds

1 hospitalization · 2022065425 · 6/21/2022 · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs - Tibor Rubin VA Long Beach Medical Center

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
Liquids, unspecified
Secondary source
Sprayers, air guns-paint

Employer

Name
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs - Tibor Rubin VA Long Beach Medical Center
Location
DBA: Infinity Drywall Contracting Inc., LONG BEACH, CALIFORNIA, 90822
NAICS
622110
Jurisdiction
0

Narrative

An employee was cleaning a pressurized paint sprayer nozzle when his right thumb was injected by the spray.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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