# Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at Wastequip Manufacturing Co. LLC
> OSHA SIR `2016065520` · 6/21/2016 · NEW LEBANON, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
- **Source:** Metal materials-nonstructural, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Wastequip Manufacturing Co. LLC
- **Location:** 1079 State Route 20, NEW LEBANON, NEW YORK, 12125
- **NAICS:** 332999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was tack-welding a small part onto a larger assembly when a weld wire bounced and punctured his left index finger, requiring hospitalization.

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