# Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at Haering Precision USA LP
> OSHA SIR `2022098398` · 9/22/2022 · LAVONIA, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with objects and equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Metal chips, particles
## Employer
- **Name:** Haering Precision USA LP
- **Location:** 50 Anton Haering St., Lavonia, LAVONIA, GEORGIA, 30553
- **NAICS:** 336390
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was preparing parts for an auto part washer. Metal shavings penetrated the skin of the employee's hands, which began to swell. He developed a bacterial infection.

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