# Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at Ingalls Shipbuilding, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017064977` · 6/1/2017 · PASCAGOULA, MISSISSIPPI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), except finger(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:** Ingalls Shipbuilding, Inc.
- **Location:** 1000 Jerry St. Pe` Hwy, PASCAGOULA, MISSISSIPPI, 39567
- **NAICS:** 336611
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On June 1, 2017, an employee was spray painting in a compartment aboard a vessel when his spray gun became clogged. As he attempted to clean the tip of the spray gun, the gun discharged paint. The paint broke the skin and was injected into his left palm.

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