# Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at GRI Towers Texas, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2021108542` · 10/3/2021 · AMARILLO, 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:** Chemicals and chemical products, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Sprayers, air guns-paint
## Employer
- **Name:** GRI Towers Texas, Inc.
- **Location:** 9200 NE 24th Ave., AMARILLO, TEXAS, 79108
- **NAICS:** 221118
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was changing the butterfly end on a pneumatic, handheld paint gun containing a hazardous chemical when the trigger went off, resulting in a puncture wound on the employee's left index finger.

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