Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025
105,991Records 71,450Employers 85,836Hospitalizations 27,959Amputations 2015-01-01 2025-11-30

OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221436207

GENERAL DYNAMICS NASSCO

Event
Air Pressure, Carpenter, Chemical, Chemical Exposure, Finger, Gun, Hand, Injected, Injection, Lack of Work Procedures, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Paint, Painter, Painting, Pneumatic, Pneumatic equipment, Pneumatic system, Pneumatic tool, Pressure, Puncture, Puncture Wound, Safety Device, Ship, Shipyard, Spray Painting, Struck By, Unsafe Position
NAICS
336611
Inspection type
Accident-driven
Activity number
#345676480
Employer profile
GENERAL DYNAMICS NASSCO
Summary number
221436207
Report ID
0950632

Event description

Employee punctures, injects fingers while using pneumatic pa

Investigation abstract

At 5:40 p.m. on August 29, 2021, an employee was working as a carpenter for a was not engaged. The employee was wearing safety glasses and gloves during the work. The employee was hospitalized to treat a puncture wound to his fingers and a paint injection. On August 31, 2021, the employee was discharged. ship yard performing spray painting. This was a regular part of the employee's job duties. The employee was working inside of SOC 4 building 85 paint cell #5. The employee had been tasked with painting unit 623 hull 573. To complete his task the employee was using a Graco pneumatic spray gun and while working from a scissor lift to access parts of the hull. The employee was lowering the scissor lift with the spray gun in his left hand. At some point in his descent the scissor lift bumped against a portion of the hull and caused the employee to actuate the trigger of the spray gun. The safety to the trigger of the spray gun

Victim

  1. #1 Hospitalized Age 32 M

    Event type
    1
    Occupation code
    567

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