# Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at Upstate Roofing & Painting, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2016076582` · 7/20/2016 · WEBSTER, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by discharged object or substance
- **Source:** Paint
- **Secondary source:** Sprayers, air guns-paint
## Employer
- **Name:** Upstate Roofing & Painting, Inc.
- **Location:** Hard Road, WEBSTER, NEW YORK, 14580
- **NAICS:** 238160
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was painting a room with a paint sprayer (approximately 2000 psi). The equipment malfunctioned and the employee's left thumb was lacerated. In addition, paint was injected into the laceration.

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