# Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures at Pella Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2025010471` · 1/15/2025 · GETTYSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Chest  unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by dislodged or detached object(s)
- **Source:** Vehicle and machine parts  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Other metal, wood, and special material machinery  n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Pella Corporation
- **Location:** 2000 Proline Place, GETTYSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA, 17325
- **NAICS:** 321911
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was performing a preventative maintenance check of a machine. While the machine was being cycled for a function check, a piece of its upper punch broke off and punctured the employee's chest.

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