# Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at Sunnen Products Company
> OSHA SIR `2015085433` · 8/4/2015 · SAINT LOUIS, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with objects and equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Metal chips, particles
- **Secondary source:** Metalworking lathes
## Employer
- **Name:** Sunnen Products Company
- **Location:** 7910 Manchester Road, SAINT LOUIS, MISSOURI, 63143
- **NAICS:** 333518
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a lathe on 08/04/2015 when he got some of the shavings in his fingers. He attempted to remove the shavings himself. His finger became infected.

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