# Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at USPS West Sacramento
> OSHA SIR `2023076437` · 7/19/2023 · WEST SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
- **Source:** Parts and materials, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Presses, except printing, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** USPS West Sacramento
- **Location:** 3775 Industrial Blvd, WEST SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA, 95799
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee was removing a bearing from a shaft using a benchtop press when the bearing failed and they were struck by part of the bearing in the neck, resulting in an impalement injury that required surgery.

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