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OSHA Injury Report: SWS Equipment

Injury · Days away from work

On , an injury at SWS Equipment in Spokane Valley, WA 99212 resulted in days away from work. Employee was technician in garbage cans, light gauge metal, manufacturing.

Establishment
SWS Equipment
Parent company
Solid Waste Systems, Inc.
Street
6515 E Nixon Avenue
City
Spokane Valley
State
WA
ZIP
99212
On-site location
Tacoma branch paint booth
Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
18

Preparing to paint a piece of equipment

While changing the spray tip on the paint gun proper lock out tag out procedures were not followed to de-energize the tool. As a result when the gun was gripped while changing the spray tip paint was discharged under high pressure into the employee 's hand.

Right index finger injected with paint under high pressure

HVLP Paint gun

Right index finger injected with high pressure paint

Job description
Technician
SOC code
9999 — Uncoded
NAICS code
332439 — Garbage cans, light gauge metal, manufacturing
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
68
Total hours worked
146572
EIN
601245968
Establishment ID
274837
Employer case #
BM71174
Date of incident
Shift started
8:00:00.000
Time of incident
10:00:00.000
Submitted
29JAN24:18:04:00

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year unspecified. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.