# Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at Bonduelle Fresh Americas
> OSHA SIR `2022021518` · 2/16/2022 · ROEBLING, NEW JERSEY
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
- **Source:** Scrap metal
- **Secondary source:** Food and beverage processing machinery-specialized, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Bonduelle Fresh Americas
- **Location:** 700 Railroad Avenue, ROEBLING, NEW JERSEY, 08554
- **NAICS:** 493110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a dryer on a salad line. A portion of the bottom plate inside the dryer fractured and exited the dryer through a maintenance door. That piece of metal impaled the employee's lower left leg.

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