# Cuts, lacerations at Sunstate Installations
> OSHA SIR `20211210780` · 12/16/2021 · AUSTIN, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by discharged object or substance
- **Source:** Tars, sealants, caulking, insulation, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Sprayers, air guns-paint
## Employer
- **Name:** Sunstate Installations
- **Location:** 13101 Harold Green, AUSTIN, TEXAS, 78725
- **NAICS:** 238990
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was installing fireproofing material using a sprayer. The sprayer jammed and as he went to clean it, fireproofing material shot out and lacerated his right hand.

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