# Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at Lyman-Richey Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2019021253` · 2/4/2019 · OMAHA, NEBRASKA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
- **Source:** Metal chips, particles
## Employer
- **Name:** Lyman-Richey Corporation
- **Location:** 2625 158th Plaza, OMAHA, NEBRASKA, 68131
- **NAICS:** 423320
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was helping to fabricate a new catwalk when a metal burr went through the employee's glove and into the palm of his right hand, leaving a sliver. He removed the sliver, but the next day his hand and arm became swollen due to an infection. He was hospitalized and required surgery.

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