# Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs - Tibor Rubin VA Long Beach Medical Center
> OSHA SIR `2022065425` · 6/21/2022 · LONG BEACH, CALIFORNIA
## 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:** Liquids, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Sprayers, air guns-paint
## Employer
- **Name:** U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs - Tibor Rubin VA Long Beach Medical Center
- **Location:** DBA: Infinity Drywall Contracting Inc., LONG BEACH, CALIFORNIA, 90822
- **NAICS:** 622110
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning a pressurized paint sprayer nozzle when his right thumb was injected by the spray.

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