# Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at KEROTEST MANUFACTURING CORP.
> OSHA SIR `2016065188` · 6/12/2016 · MANSURA, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), except finger(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
- **Source:** Files-surfacing handtool
- **Secondary source:** Metalworking lathes
## Employer
- **Name:** KEROTEST MANUFACTURING CORP.
- **Location:** 7734 Highway 1, MANSURA, LOUISIANA, 71350
- **NAICS:** 332911
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was removing burrs on a set of custom-made aluminum jaws with a 10-inch hand file, when the file struck the jaws while they were still spinning in the chuck of the lathe. The file then pushed back into the employee's left-hand palm, causing a deep puncture wound.

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