# Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at Franklin International, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2023075908` · 7/3/2023 · COLUMBUS, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck against object or equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Hoses
## Employer
- **Name:** Franklin International, Inc.
- **Location:** 2020 Bruck Street, COLUMBUS, OHIO, 43207
- **NAICS:** 325520
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was attaching a hose to a pump when they struck a metal wire protrusion on the hose. The employee sustained a puncture wound to the knuckle of his right middle finger that resulted in an infection requiring surgery.

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