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Safety
High Pressure Fluids
High-pressure uids, unless they are safely contained, are extremely hazardous. Always
relieve uid pressure before adjusting or servicing high pressure equipment. A jet of high-
pressure uid can cut like a knife and cause serious bodily injury, amputation, or death.
Fluids penetrating the skin can also cause toxic poisoning.
If you su󰀨er a uid injection injury, seek medical care immediately. If possible, provide a
copy of the SDS for the injected uid to the health care provider.
The National Spray Equipment Manufacturers Association has created a wallet card that
you should carry when you are operating high-pressure spray equipment. These cards
are supplied with your equipment. The following is the text of this card:
WARNING:  Any injury caused by high pressure liquid can be serious. If you are injured
or even suspect an injury:
• Go to an emergency room immediately.
• Tell the doctor that you suspect an injection injury.
• Show them this card
• Tell them what kind of material you were spraying
MEDICAL ALERT — AIRLESS SPRAY WOUNDS: NOTE TO PHYSICIAN
Injection in the skin is a serious traumatic injury. It is important to treat the injury surgically
as soon as possible. Do not delay treatment to research toxicity. Toxicity is a concern
with some exotic coatings injected directly into the bloodstream. Consultation with a
plastic surgeon or a reconstructive hand surgeon may be advisable. The seriousness
of the wound depends on where the injury is on the body, whether the substance
hit something on its way in and deected causing more damage, and many other
variables including skin microora residing in the paint or gun which are blasted into the
wound. If the injected paint contains acrylic latex and titanium dioxide that damage the
tissue’s resistance to infection, bacterial growth will ourish. The treatment that doctors
recommend for an injection injury to the hand includes immediate decompression of the
closed vascular compartments of the hand to release the underlying tissue distended by
the injected paint, judicious wound debridement, and immediate antibiotic treatment.