# Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at Donaldson Company, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017054281` · 5/10/2017 · STEVENS POINT, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck against stationary object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Metal chips, particles
## Employer
- **Name:** Donaldson Company, Inc.
- **Location:** 5200 Coye Drive, STEVENS POINT, WISCONSIN, 54481
- **NAICS:** 333999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was brushing metal shavings out of a seamer when a metal sliver punctured his right hand. He later experienced hot/cold flashes, nausea, swelling in his right palm, and numbness in his right arm due to blood poisoning, requiring hospitalization.

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