# Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at BBTS Logging, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2022098176` · 9/15/2022 · STATENVILLE, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by handheld object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Chisels-power not determined
## Employer
- **Name:** BBTS Logging, LLC
- **Location:** Timberlands in Echols County, STATENVILLE, GEORGIA, 31648
- **NAICS:** 113310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a chisel to dislodge a piece of wood from a feller buncher saw head. The employee lost control of the chisel, and due to the pressure of the wood that was stuck in the saw head, the chisel was propelled into the employee's neck. The employee was hospitalized with neck trauma.

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