# Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at Shanks Extracts, Incorporated
> OSHA SIR `2016087421` · 8/9/2016 · LANCASTER, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), except finger(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Bottling, canning, filling machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Shanks Extracts, Incorporated
- **Location:** 350 Richardson Road, LANCASTER, PENNSYLVANIA, 17603
- **NAICS:** 311942
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was attempting to clear a jam on the bottling machine when the bottle filler tube punctured his left hand between the first and second digits, requiring sutures and possible hand surgery.

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