# Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at North Star Painting Company, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2021076156` · 7/26/2021 · COVINGTON, KENTUCKY
## 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 removers, thinners
- **Secondary source:** Sprayers, air guns-paint
## Employer
- **Name:** North Star Painting Company, Inc.
- **Location:** Brent Spence Bridge, COVINGTON, KENTUCKY, 41015
- **NAICS:** 238320
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning a paint spray gun. The gun activated and injected paint thinner into the employee's left little finger.

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