# Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at Atlantic Health System
> OSHA SIR `20171212373` · 12/29/2017 · SUMMIT, NEW JERSEY
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Forearm(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
- **Source:** Nails, brads, tacks, nuts, bolts, washers
- **Secondary source:** Table saws
## Employer
- **Name:** Atlantic Health System
- **Location:** 99 Beauvoir Ave, SUMMIT, NEW JERSEY, 07901
- **NAICS:** 423450
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using an industrial-size table saw to cut a piece of recycled wood when the saw hit a nail in the wood and propelled the nail into the employee's forearm. He was hospitalized and had surgery.

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