# Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at Westfield Distributing
> OSHA SIR `2017054896` · 5/30/2017 · DECATUR, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Eye(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by discharged object or substance
- **Source:** Scrap, waste, debris, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Westfield Distributing
- **Location:** 3502 E. Mound Road, DECATUR, ILLINOIS, 62521
- **NAICS:** 333111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was hammering a punch out of a large piece of steel when a piece of metal flew up and over his safety glasses and went into his eye.

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