# Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at VT San Antonio Aerospace Inc
> OSHA SIR `2022065200` · 6/15/2022 · SAN ANTONIO, 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:** Handtools-powered, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** VT San Antonio Aerospace Inc
- **Location:** 9800 John Saunders Road, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS, 78216
- **NAICS:** 336413
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was applying grease to an aircraft with a grease gun when grease was injected into his thumb. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.

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