# Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at Custom Insulation Company, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2023054145` · 5/9/2023 · SHREWSBURY, MASSACHUSETTS
## 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:** Custom Insulation Company, Inc.
- **Location:** 13 Bannister St., SHREWSBURY, MASSACHUSETTS, 01545
- **NAICS:** 238310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a utility knife to remove a spray painter hose from a railing that was attached with tape. The employee cut the tape and the hose was also cut in the process. He went to grab the hose when the pressure in the hose caused paint to be injected into the employee's thumb.

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