# Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at Wirerope Works, Inc
> OSHA SIR `2022054568` · 5/26/2022 · WILLIAMSPORT, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
- **Source:** Wire, cables-nonelectrical
- **Secondary source:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Wirerope Works, Inc
- **Location:** 100 Maynard Street, WILLIAMSPORT, PENNSYLVANIA, 17701
- **NAICS:** 331222
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was setting up a wire drawing machine. When he started the machine, it turned on at full speed. The 1/8-inch steel wire in the machine snapped and impaled the employee on the left side of the chest. The employee was hospitalized.

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