# Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at Charter Communications, LLC.
> OSHA SIR `2016032191` · 3/12/2016 · HAMMOND, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck against object or equipment while moving it
- **Source:** Electrical wiring-building
## Employer
- **Name:** Charter Communications, LLC.
- **Location:** 701 Western Oak Drive, HAMMOND, LOUISIANA, 70403
- **NAICS:** 515210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was installing cable when a piece of the metal strains went into his finger. His finger became swollen, and he was hospitalized with an infection.

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