# Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at Shaw Industries Plant 4
> OSHA SIR `2017032560` · 3/21/2017 · DALTON, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thigh(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
## Cause
- **Event:** Nonroadway collision with object other than vehicle, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
- **Secondary source:** Fences, fence panels, gates, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Shaw Industries Plant 4
- **Location:** 2225 South Hamilton Street Extension, DALTON, GEORGIA, 30720
- **NAICS:** 314110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a forklift to unload trailers when he drove into a crosswalk safety gate arm, which punctured the inside of his left thigh.

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