# Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at HydraForce, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2015050197` · 5/22/2015 · LINCOLNSHIRE, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with objects and equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Metal chips, particles
## Employer
- **Name:** HydraForce, Inc.
- **Location:** 500 Barclay Ave., LINCOLNSHIRE, ILLINOIS, 60069
- **NAICS:** 332912
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was hospitalized after a sliver from a wire brush punctured his finger and the wound became infected and needed surgery.

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