# Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at Reach Wire Line LLC
> OSHA SIR `2022086984` · 8/8/2022 · PEARSALL, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
- **Source:** Machine and appliance parts, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Reach Wire Line LLC
- **Location:** Murphy Jobsite, PEARSALL, TEXAS, 78061
- **NAICS:** 213112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning subs (wireline parts) by hand in the parts washer using a wire brush when a small sliver of metal punctured his left index finger. The employee was later hospitalized with an infection and required surgery.

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