# Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at Brownsville Marine Products
> OSHA SIR `2017021894` · 2/28/2017 · BROWNSVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA
## 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:** Paint
- **Secondary source:** Sprayers, air guns-paint
## Employer
- **Name:** Brownsville Marine Products
- **Location:** 1800 Paul Thomas Boulevard, BROWNSVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA, 15417
- **NAICS:** 336611
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working on the paint line when the employee's right index finger was injected with paint by a stationary pain gun. The high pressure injury will require surgery.

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