# Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at Tower Extrusions, LTD
> OSHA SIR `2021053636` · 5/3/2021 · WYLIE, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thigh(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
- **Source:** Machine and appliance parts, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Tower Extrusions, LTD
- **Location:** 1405 S Martinez Lane, WYLIE, TEXAS, 75098
- **NAICS:** 331316
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a tail stretcher machine. A pneumatic cylinder in the machine failed, and the rod from the cylinder flew into the employee's right thigh, puncturing it.

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