# Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at Huhtamaki, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2023109817` · 10/24/2023 · ALBERTVILLE, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
- **Source:** Metal chips, particles
- **Secondary source:** Paper production machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Huhtamaki, Inc.
- **Location:** 608 Mathis Mill Road, ALBERTVILLE, ALABAMA, 35950
- **NAICS:** 322299
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was watching maintenance employees remove a roller from a forming shaft when a piece of steel broke off and impaled the employee in the abdomen.

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