# Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at Peco Farms, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2017087647` · 8/10/2017 · UNION, MISSISSIPPI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
## Cause
- **Event:** Needlestick without exposure to harmful substance
- **Source:** Needles, syringes
## Employer
- **Name:** Peco Farms, LLC
- **Location:** 10191 Road 224, UNION, MISSISSIPPI, 39365
- **NAICS:** 112390
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was holding a pullet while a coworker performed a vaccination when the employee was accidentally stuck in the right index finger behind the first knuckle with a quarter-inch, 18-gauge needle that was being used to administer the vaccine.

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