# Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at Uni-form Components Company
> OSHA SIR `2017010517` · 1/17/2017 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **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:** Uni-form Components Company
- **Location:** 10703 Sheldon Rd, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77044
- **NAICS:** 331210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning a paint sprayer when the trigger was activated while his hand was in front of the nozzle, injecting his left middle fingertip with paint. He was hospitalized.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · AI Analytics · CC0 1.0*