Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds

Name: Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at Walters Painting
Start: 9/13/2023

1 hospitalization · 2023098460 · 9/13/2023 · Walters Painting

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Hand(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: Walters Painting
Location: Fort Liberty, NC SOF HPTC FORGE Project, FORT LIBERTY, NORTH CAROLINA, 28307
NAICS: 238320
Jurisdiction: 0

Narrative

On 9/13/2023, an employee had been painting a drywall ceiling and needed to change nozzle tips on an airless paint sprayer. He began unscrewing the nozzle when the sprayer discharged the needle into his right hand and injected paint under the skin. The employee required surgery.

Source

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