# Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at O'Day Tank & Steel LLC
> OSHA SIR `2017065169` · 6/7/2017 · FARGO, NORTH DAKOTA
## 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:** Methyl ethyl ketone
- **Secondary source:** Sprayers, air guns-paint
## Employer
- **Name:** O'Day Tank & Steel LLC
- **Location:** 2420 First Avenue North, FARGO, NORTH DAKOTA, 58102
- **NAICS:** 332420
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning a paint gun using MEK (methyl ethyl ketone), when the high-pressure stream of MEK was injected into his left palm, requiring hospitalization.

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