# Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at SKYLARK MEATS
> OSHA SIR `2018088851` · 8/27/2018 · OMAHA, NEBRASKA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Meat grinders
## Employer
- **Name:** SKYLARK MEATS
- **Location:** 4430 S. 110 STREET, OMAHA, NEBRASKA, 68137
- **NAICS:** 311612
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a hook to unjam the discharge auger of a meat blender. The auger actuated, pinning his right hand in the discharge chute and impaling it.

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