# Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at Georgia Aquarium
> OSHA SIR `2015074273` · 7/2/2015 · ATLANTA, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with objects and equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Fish, shellfish
## Employer
- **Name:** Georgia Aquarium
- **Location:** 225 Baker Street NW, ATLANTA, GEORGIA, 30313
- **NAICS:** 813211
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was hospitalized after a cownose stingray embedded a piece of barb in the employee's right hand.

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