# Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at MULLER COPPER TUBE CO., INC.
> OSHA SIR `2017098819` · 9/14/2017 · FULTON, MISSISSIPPI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thigh(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by discharged or flying object, unspecified
- **Source:** Metal pipes, tubing
- **Secondary source:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** MULLER COPPER TUBE CO., INC.
- **Location:** 400 MUELLER ROAD, FULTON, MISSISSIPPI, 38843
- **NAICS:** 331421
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On September 15, 2017, an employee was walking between a tube handling system and a drawing unit when a copper tube impaled the employee's left upper leg, requiring hospitalization. The area between the two machines was unguarded at the time.

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