# Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at Merck Sharp & Dohme
> OSHA SIR `2023043076` · 4/7/2023 · WEST POINT, PENNSYLVANIA
## 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:** Picks
## Employer
- **Name:** Merck Sharp & Dohme
- **Location:** 770 SUMNEYTOWN PIKE, WEST POINT, PENNSYLVANIA, 19486
- **NAICS:** 325412
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was preparing to disassemble equipment for cleaning by using a metal pick when the pick slipped and punctured the employee's left index finger, resulting in hospitalization.

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