# Open wounds, unspecified at Waterford Tank & Fabrication, LTD
> OSHA SIR `2019010594` · 1/17/2019 · BEVERLY, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Arm(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Open wounds, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
- **Source:** Metal chips, particles
- **Secondary source:** Punch presses
## Employer
- **Name:** Waterford Tank & Fabrication, LTD
- **Location:** 203 State Route 83, BEVERLY, OHIO, 45715
- **NAICS:** 332420
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was running the punch machine when the punch came down and blew apart. Shrapnel scattered and struck his left arm.

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