# Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at Western Forge & Flange Co.
> OSHA SIR `2017076556` · 7/15/2017 · CLEVELAND, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
- **Source:** Molten or hot metals, slag
- **Secondary source:** Extruding, injecting, forming, molding machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Western Forge & Flange Co.
- **Location:** 687 County Road 2201, CLEVELAND, TEXAS, 77328
- **NAICS:** 332111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was handling a metal part as it was being forged in a forging hammer when the part shattered. A hot metal shard shot out of the forging hammer and punctured the employee's abdomen, causing internal damage. He was hospitalized.

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