# Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at Buchanan Lumber Birmingham, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017087846` · 8/16/2017 · ALICEVILLE, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Buttock(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by discharged object or substance
- **Source:** Scrap, waste, debris, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Sawing machinery-stationary, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Buchanan Lumber Birmingham, Inc.
- **Location:** 501 Baptist Line Road, ALICEVILLE, ALABAMA, 35442
- **NAICS:** 321113
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was pulling boards from a re-saw chain and feeding them through a ripsaw when a wood shard ejected from the ripsaw. The wood shard struck the employee and became embedded in the right buttocks, requiring hospitalization and surgery.

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