# Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at Home Goods Distribution Center
> OSHA SIR `2015118601` · 11/13/2015 · BLOOMFIELD, CONNECTICUT
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), except finger(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck against stationary object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Skids, pallets
## Employer
- **Name:** Home Goods Distribution Center
- **Location:** 1415 Blue Hills Avenue, BLOOMFIELD, CONNECTICUT, 06002
- **NAICS:** 493110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On Friday, November 13, 2015, an employee was moving a wooden pallet when he got a splinter in the palm of his right hand. He was later hospitalized when the splinter became infected.

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