# Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at Depratment of the Army Rock Island Arsenal - JointManufacturing & Technology Center
> OSHA SIR `2015129640` · 12/21/2015 · ROCK ISLAND, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with objects and equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Metal chips, particles
## Employer
- **Name:** Depratment of the Army Rock Island Arsenal - JointManufacturing & Technology Center
- **Location:** 1 Rock Island Arsenal, ROCK ISLAND, ILLINOIS, 61299
- **NAICS:** 332999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

The employee working as a machinist in Building 211 received a metal sliver in his right index finger on December 21, 2015, that he removed. The employee was later admitted into the hospital.

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