# Swelling, inflammation, irritation-nonspecified injury at MAR-JAC HATCHERY
> OSHA SIR `2016010797` · 1/27/2016 · LULA, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Swelling, inflammation, irritation-nonspecified injury
## Cause
- **Event:** Exposure through unintentional needlestick or sharp injury
- **Source:** Vaccines
## Employer
- **Name:** MAR-JAC HATCHERY
- **Location:** 5725 LULA RD, LULA, GEORGIA, 30554
- **NAICS:** 112340
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was holding a chicken that was to be vaccinated when he was stuck in the right hand  by the needle gun that administers the vaccination. He was hospitalized with an infection.

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