# Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at Seacoast Air Conditioning and Sheet Metal, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017021001` · 2/1/2017 · FORT PIERCE, FLORIDA
## 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:** Nonclassifiable
- **Secondary source:** Sprayers, air guns-paint
## Employer
- **Name:** Seacoast Air Conditioning and Sheet Metal, Inc.
- **Location:** 3108 Industrial 31st Street, FORT PIERCE, FLORIDA, 34946
- **NAICS:** 238220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning an airless sprayer and pressed the trigger while his finger was at the nozzle and the sprayer contents were injected into his right index finger.

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