# Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at Derrick Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2023010502` · 1/17/2023 · CHEEKTOWAGA, 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:** Derrick Corporation
- **Location:** 590 Duke Road, CHEEKTOWAGA, NEW YORK, 14225
- **NAICS:** 333999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On January, 17 2023, an employee was setting up for spray painting. The employee filled the unit with paint and went to put the air cap on. While doing so, the trigger on the paint gun actuated, causing paint to be injected into the employee's right ring finger. The employee was hospitalized.

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