# Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at Nippon Sharyo Manufacturing, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2015010311` · 1/9/2015 · ROCHELLE, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
- **Source:** Handtools-nonpowered, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Nippon Sharyo Manufacturing, LLC
- **Location:** 1600 Ritchie Ct, ROCHELLE, ILLINOIS, 61068
- **NAICS:** 336510
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On or about January 9, 2015, an employee incurred a puncture wound to his left hand when he was enlarging a hole in a can with a "tapper" hand tool.  The tapper, which he held in his right hand, went through the can into his left hand. The injury resulted in an infection, requiring hospitalization.

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