# Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at Transco Railway Products Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2022076097` · 7/13/2022 · HOUSTON, 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:** Paint
- **Secondary source:** Sprayers, air guns-paint
## Employer
- **Name:** Transco Railway Products Inc.
- **Location:** 16923 Beaumont Hwy, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77049
- **NAICS:** 488210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was painting a tank car with a paint gun. The gun jammed. As the employee was trying to unjam it, it injected paint into the employee's left middle finger.

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