Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 128271.015 - Employee incurs injection in hand while unclogging paint gun

Accident Summary Nr: 128271.015 -- Report ID: 0950621 -- Event Date: 07/29/2020
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1486245.015	08/03/2020		311421	The Morning Star Packing Company, Lp

Abstract: At 3:10 a.m. on July 29, 2020, an employee was using a Graco Nova 390 PC High Pressure (3300 psi) Airless Sprayer with FTx hand gun to spray paint stenciled logos on wooden panels. The sprayer nozzle has clogged and the employee was trying to clean it. His ungloved his left hand was in front of the nozzle when he accidentally pulled the trigger with his right hand. The line was not depressurized, so the employee shot the paint into his left hand. The employee had incurred a high pressure injection of paint to his hand and was hospitalized.

Keywords: Cleaning, Clogged, Energized, Equipment Operator, Food processing, Glove, Gun, Hand, Hand Tool, High Pressure, Injected, Injection, Injury Illness Prevention Program, PPE, Paint, Painter, Pressure Release, Puncture, Spray Painting, Struck By, Unguarded

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1486245.015	18	M	Hospitalized injury		Painting and paint spraying machine operators

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