# Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at Smith & Wesson Corp.
> OSHA SIR `2016031918` · 3/3/2016 · SPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck against object or equipment while moving it
- **Source:** Skids, pallets
## Employer
- **Name:** Smith & Wesson Corp.
- **Location:** 2100 Roosevelt Avenue, SPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS, 01104
- **NAICS:** 332994
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was on security patrol and helped a driver enter the establishment. He then observed a trash can with a portion of a pallet sticking out of it. The employee attempted to push it farther down into the can. The piece was too long to move, and the employee had several wood splinters enter his hand. He was hospitalized when his injury became infected.

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