# Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at Advocate Health Care
> OSHA SIR `2017065890` · 6/27/2017 · CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
- **Source:** Scalpels
## Employer
- **Name:** Advocate Health Care
- **Location:** 836 W. Wellington Ave, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, 60657
- **NAICS:** 621111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a scalpel to perform a bedside debridement when the scalpel stabbed the employee's left middle finger.

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