# Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at CLAYTON HOMES, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2017054898` · 5/30/2017 · WAYCROSS, GEORGIA
## 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:** Source, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Sprayers, air guns-paint
## Employer
- **Name:** CLAYTON HOMES, INC.
- **Location:** 3350 INDUSTRIAL PARK, WAYCROSS, GEORGIA, 31503
- **NAICS:** 321991
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a texture gun to spray ceiling texture when the spray nozzle became clogged. As the employee was attempting to unclog the spray nozzle, it injected ceiling texture into the employee's left ring and middle fingers, requiring surgery and hospitalization.

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