# Traumatic injuries or exposures  unspecified at Mackenzie Painting Company, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2025066238` · 6/28/2025 · HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Traumatic injuries or exposures  unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by discharged object or substance
- **Source:** Paint, lacquer, shellac, varnish
- **Secondary source:** Handheld paint guns, sprayers
## Employer
- **Name:** Mackenzie Painting Company, Inc.
- **Location:** XL Center, HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT, 06120
- **NAICS:** 238320
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning a spray paint gun at the end of the day when pressurized paint was injected from the paint gun into his left middle finger. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.

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