# Cuts, lacerations at Treehouse Foods
> OSHA SIR `2017043487` · 4/18/2017 · EL PASO, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by discharged object or substance
- **Source:** Nonclassifiable
- **Secondary source:** Sprayers, air guns-paint
## Employer
- **Name:** Treehouse Foods
- **Location:** 8 Zane Grey, EL PASO, TEXAS, 79906
- **NAICS:** 311999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On April 18, 2017, at approximately 9:00 p.m., an employee was using a spray nozzle when it stopped working then suddenly started up again. He lost control of the nozzle and sprayed his right thumb lacerating it. He was hospitalized for surgery on a torn tendon.

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