# Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at WELCH ALLYN, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2016010884` · 1/21/2016 · SKANEATELES FALLS, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
- **Source:** Turning handtools-powered, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** WELCH ALLYN, INC.
- **Location:** 4341 State Street Road, SKANEATELES FALLS, NEW YORK, 13153
- **NAICS:** 334510
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was assembling medical ophthalmoscopes using a hand-held torque driver when the torque driver slipped off of the work piece and punctured the employee's left hand. The employee was hospitalized when the wound became infected.

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