# Cuts, lacerations at TRU
> OSHA SIR `2022043198` · 4/12/2022 · BELTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by discharged object or substance
- **Source:** Chemicals and chemical products, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Sprayers, air guns-paint
## Employer
- **Name:** TRU
- **Location:** 1313 Industrial Park Road, BELTON, TEXAS, 76513
- **NAICS:** 321991
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was spraying texture material on a ceiling when his spray nozzle clogged. He was trying to clear it when it shot texture into his right ring finger below the second knuckle, lacerating it. He was hospitalized, requiring surgery to completely clean the wound.

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