# Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at Sandvik Materials Technology Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2016088015` · 8/25/2016 · CLARKS SUMMIT, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by discharged object or substance
- **Source:** Machine, tool, and electric parts, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Sandvik Materials Technology Inc.
- **Location:** 982 Griffin Pond Road, CLARKS SUMMIT, PENNSYLVANIA, 18411
- **NAICS:** 331110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a machine that uses air pressure to push small plastic cleaning wads through half-inch diameter pipes to remove debris and oil. A metal rod from the machine broke off and remained in the pipe. When the cleaning plug and air pressure were applied to the pipe during the cleaning process, the pressure built up and eventually shot the metal rod out of the pipe. The metal rod entered the employee's left hand causing internal muscle and tissue damage requiring hospitalization.

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