Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201061850 - Employee using spray gun injects paint into finger

Accident Summary Nr: 201061850 -- Report ID: 0950632 -- Event Date: 10/07/1998
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
120272711	10/29/1998	1721	0	Ja Marquez Painting

Abstract: Employee #1 operating a Grayco airless electric pump Model Number 500, an airless spray paint machine, was in the process of spray painting a room in a tract home. He reached to adjust the spray tip of the spray gun and bumped the wall or in some way activated the spray gun and injected paint into his finger and was hospitalized.

Keywords: PAINT PIGMENTS, FINGER, SPRAY PAINTING, PAINT, PAINTER, SPRAYING RIG

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		New project or new addition		$50,000 to $250,000	1

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	120272711			Hospitalized injury	Other	Painters, construction and maintenance	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Interior painting and decorating Fatality Cause: Other

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