Struck by discharged object or substance · Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at GRI Towers Texas, Inc., 9200 NE 24th Ave., AMARILLO, TEXAS 79108
on — Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
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Final narrative
An employee was changing the butterfly end on a pneumatic, handheld paint gun containing a hazardous chemical when the trigger went off, resulting in a puncture wound on the employee's left index finger.
HospitalizedFinger(s), fingernail(s), unspecifiedChemicals and chemical products, unspecified
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