# Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at United Forest Products Company
> OSHA SIR `2017109678` · 10/9/2017 · EATONTON, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
- **Source:** Wood pieces, trim pieces, wood scraps, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Sawing machinery-stationary, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** United Forest Products Company
- **Location:** 115 Milledgeville Road, EATONTON, GEORGIA, 31024
- **NAICS:** 321920
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was stacking wood about 28 feet from a rip saw when a piece of wood was thrown from the rip saw and struck the employee in the back. The wood impaled his back and went through his stomach.

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