Model A7AA Air Assisted Airless Gun
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Manual 4-20
High-Pressure Fluids
High-pressure fluids, unless they are safely contained, are extremely
hazardous. Always relieve fluid pressure before adjusting or servicing
high pressure equipment. A jet of high-pressure fluid can cut like a knife
and cause serious bodily injury, amputation, or death. Fluids penetrating
the skin can also cause toxic poisoning.
If you suffer a fluid injection injury, seek medical care immediately. If
possible, provide a copy of the MSDS for the injected fluid 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 him this card.
Tell him 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 deflected
causing more damage, and many other variables including skin
microflora 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 flourish.
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.
