# Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at MADER CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2022087520` · 8/24/2022 · ELMA, NEW YORK
## 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:** MADER CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, INC.
- **Location:** 970 Bullis Road, ELMA, NEW YORK, 14059
- **NAICS:** 238310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On August 24, 2022, an employee was cleaning paint out of an airless sprayer with water. The spray gun jerked and hit his left middle finger with high-pressure paint and water, causing a 1/4-inch injection wound.

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