# Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at Research Foundation of SUNY
> OSHA SIR `2018088001` · 8/6/2018 · SYRACUSE, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), except finger(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by object breaking in hand
- **Source:** Containers-nonpressurized, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Special process machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Research Foundation of SUNY
- **Location:** 766 Irving Avenue, SYRACUSE, NEW YORK, 13210
- **NAICS:** 541712
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a microfluidizer when the beaker punctured his left palm and the liquid stream came in contact with his blood. He developed an infection and was hospitalized.

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