# Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at Tyson Foods
> OSHA SIR `2020032207` · 3/7/2020 · SHERMAN, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by handheld object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Skids, pallets
## Employer
- **Name:** Tyson Foods
- **Location:** 4700 U.S. Hwy 75 South, SHERMAN, TEXAS, 75090
- **NAICS:** 311612
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee had just finished unloading a pallet of product. The employee picked up the empty wood pallet to place it on top of the stack of empties and got a splinter in their right hand. The next day, the employee was hospitalized due to an infection in the hand.

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