# Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at JOE JURGIELEWICZ & SON LTD.
> OSHA SIR `2019021904` · 2/20/2019 · HAMBURG, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Metal pipes, tubing
- **Secondary source:** Food and beverage processing machinery-specialized, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** JOE JURGIELEWICZ & SON LTD.
- **Location:** 189 CHEESE LANE, HAMBURG, PENNSYLVANIA, 19526
- **NAICS:** 424440
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a metal pipe with 1/2-inch tines to scrape the feathers off the side of a dryer. The force of the spinning dryer caught the pipe, which impaled the employee in the upper chest and passed through his shoulder. The force then pulled out the pipe and knocked off the lid of the dryer, sending the employee to the floor. He was hospitalized.

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