# Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at Pleiger Plastics Company
> OSHA SIR `2021119485` · 11/2/2021 · WASHINGTON, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Knee(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall onto or against object on same level, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Floor, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Casting machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Pleiger Plastics Company
- **Location:** 498 Crile Road, WASHINGTON, PENNSYLVANIA, 15301
- **NAICS:** 325211
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning a sheet casting machine when he slipped and fell into the machine. As the employee was thrown out of the machine, he hit his knee on the machine frame, causing a puncture wound.

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