# Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at Pennsylvania Sintered Metals Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2015053769` · 5/12/2015 · EMPORIUM, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Wrist(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Extruding, injecting, forming, molding machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Pennsylvania Sintered Metals Inc.
- **Location:** 2950 Whittimore Road, EMPORIUM, PENNSYLVANIA, 15834
- **NAICS:** 332117
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On May 12, 2015, an employee's left wrist was punctured by tooling on a molding machine when the machine cycled with his hand in the point of operation. He was hospitalized.

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