Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds

Name: Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at Kostusiak Coating & Construction, Inc
Start: 7/20/2023

1 hospitalization · 2023076498 · 7/20/2023 · Kostusiak Coating & Construction, 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: Paint
Secondary source: Sprayers, air guns-paint

Employer

Name: Kostusiak Coating & Construction, Inc
Location: 1961 Bullis Road, ELMA, NEW YORK, 14059
NAICS: 238320
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was cleaning the clogged nozzle of a paint sprayer when paint was injected into their left middle finger at a pressure between 2,500 and 3,000 psi. The employee was hospitalized.

Source

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