# Cuts, lacerations at Colonnas Shipyard
> OSHA SIR `2016065206` · 6/13/2016 · NORFOLK, VIRGINIA
## 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:** Colonnas Shipyard
- **Location:** 400 East Indian River Road, NORFOLK, VIRGINIA, 23523
- **NAICS:** 336611
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

On June 13, 2016, an employee was working on a barge (on land), performing paint spraying operations. The employee attempted to clean out a paint gun when a small foreign object embedded into the fourth digit of his right hand. He was hospitalized and required surgery.

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