# Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at Zephyr Products, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2023021626` · 2/20/2023 · LEAVENWORTH, KANSAS
## 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:** Welding, cutting, and blow torches
## Employer
- **Name:** Zephyr Products, Inc.
- **Location:** 3030 Wilson Avenue, LEAVENWORTH, KANSAS, 66048
- **NAICS:** 332322
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was MIG welding when the welding wire poked through his glove and contacted his left little finger. The employee was hospitalized for a bacterial infection.

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