# Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at HORTON EMERGENCY VEHICLES
> OSHA SIR `2021108905` · 10/15/2021 · GROVE CITY, OHIO
## 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:** HORTON EMERGENCY VEHICLES
- **Location:** 3800 MCDOWELL ROAD, GROVE CITY, OHIO, 43123
- **NAICS:** 336112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using an air powered spray gun to apply peelable paint to a unit when they dropped the spray gun. The employee tried to catch the spray gun and hit the trigger, causing it to spray through their glove and into their right thumb.

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