# Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at Walmart Distribution Center
> OSHA SIR `20181112157` · 11/27/2018 · NEW CANEY, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck against object or equipment while moving it
- **Source:** Skids, pallets
## Employer
- **Name:** Walmart Distribution Center
- **Location:** 20131 Gene Campbell Rd., NEW CANEY, TEXAS, 77357
- **NAICS:** 493110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was moving wooden pallets onto the floor in a dry shipping dock. As he pushed a pallet, a wood splinter punctured his right hand.

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