# Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at River City Recycling
> OSHA SIR `2019089034` · 8/30/2019 · SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple upper extremities locations, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Banding, baling, strapping machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** River City Recycling
- **Location:** 1949 Hormel Dr., SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS, 78219
- **NAICS:** 423930
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was trying to relieve the tension on a bailer wire channel.  His hand was on the wire/channel when he turned the machine on. The wire then penetrated his left palm and came out the side of his wrist/forearm.

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