# Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at OHIO METAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2017065779` · 6/23/2017 · HEBRON, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Material and personnel handling machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** OHIO METAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
- **Location:** 470 JOHN ALFORD PARKWAY, HEBRON, OHIO, 43025
- **NAICS:** 332111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On June 23, 2017, an employee was attempting to adjust the rails on a paint line when a robotic gantry loading mechanism struck him in the back and bent him over the machine, where a static centering handle pierced his upper right chest.

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