Spokane Valley, WA —
OSHA Injury Report: SWS Equipment
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
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.
Where did this happen?
- 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
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 18
Before the incident
Preparing to paint a piece of equipment
What happened
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.
Injury or illness
Right index finger injected with paint under high pressure
Object or substance involved
HVLP Paint gun
Summary line
Right index finger injected with high pressure paint
Employee and industry
- 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
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 8:00:00.000
- Time of incident
- 10:00:00.000
- Submitted
- 29JAN24:18:04:00
Source
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.