# Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at K&H Fabricators, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017088372` · 8/25/2017 · SMITHVILLE, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
## Cause
- **Event:** Bites and stings, unspecified
- **Source:** Spiders, scorpions
## Employer
- **Name:** K&H Fabricators, Inc.
- **Location:** 170 Loop Road, SMITHVILLE, TEXAS, 78957
- **NAICS:** 332999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was putting on his welding gloves when a spider bit his right hand inside the glove. The bite became swollen and required hospitalization.

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