# Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at UPS FREIGHT INC.
> OSHA SIR `2020010122` · 1/6/2020 · SAINT LOUIS, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
- **Source:** Handtools-power not determined, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** UPS FREIGHT INC.
- **Location:** 8500 N. Hall St., SAINT LOUIS, MISSOURI, 63147
- **NAICS:** 484121
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a hand tool to work on a Velcro strip for his truck when the tool punctured his right index finger and he fainted. He was hospitalized and had surgery.

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