# Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at SIMMONS FOODS, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2016054345` · 5/18/2016 · HUNTSVILLE, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
## Cause
- **Event:** Needlestick without exposure to harmful substance
- **Source:** Needles, syringes
## Employer
- **Name:** SIMMONS FOODS, INC.
- **Location:** 7597 Hwy 74, HUNTSVILLE, ARKANSAS, 72740
- **NAICS:** 112340
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was injecting a vaccine into chickens on a poultry farm along a conveying system and stuck the back of his left index finger with the injection apparatus.

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