# Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at Turner Industries Group at Occidental Chemical
> OSHA SIR `2021021198` · 2/9/2021 · DEER PARK, TEXAS
## 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:** Turner Industries Group at Occidental Chemical
- **Location:** 1000 Tidal Rd, DEER PARK, TEXAS, 77536
- **NAICS:** 237120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was attempting to adjust the housing on the tip of a spray gun when the trigger was engaged, causing the ceramic coating to go through the employee's glove into his left index finger, resulting in an injury that required surgery.

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