# Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at Corning Pharmaceuticals Glass, LLC.
> OSHA SIR `2019010324` · 1/10/2019 · VINELAND, NEW JERSEY
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by discharged or flying object, unspecified
- **Source:** Parts and materials, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Corning Pharmaceuticals Glass, LLC.
- **Location:** 563 Crystal Avenue, VINELAND, NEW JERSEY, 08360
- **NAICS:** 327212
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A temporary employee was sweeping the production floor when a nearby tube cutting machine missed a cut causing a glass tube to miss the landing equipment and strike the employee's left calf. The employee was hospitalized with a puncture wound to the left calf muscle.

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