# Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at Miller Electric Company
> OSHA SIR `2019055281` · 5/24/2019 · MELBOURNE, FLORIDA
## 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:** Handtools-powered, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Miller Electric Company
- **Location:** 2000 W NASA Blvd., MELBOURNE, FLORIDA, 32901
- **NAICS:** 238210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was disassembling a powered actuated tool that was jammed. As he attempted to put the barrel back on the device, it was actuated and the ram rod impaled his right hand.

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