# Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at D&D Fabrication
> OSHA SIR `2018021967` · 2/27/2018 · VALDOSTA, GEORGIA
## 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:** D&D Fabrication
- **Location:** 1647 Clay Road, VALDOSTA, GEORGIA, 31601
- **NAICS:** 332710
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was spraying paint with an airless sprayer (3,000 psi) when the spray stream struck his left middle finger, breaking the skin and injecting paint into his finger. He was hospitalized and had surgery.

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