# Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at St. Peters Health Partners Medical Associates
> OSHA SIR `2018010573` · 1/18/2018 · RENSSELAER, 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:** Pens and pencils
## Employer
- **Name:** St. Peters Health Partners Medical Associates
- **Location:** 279 Troy Road, RENSSELAER, NEW YORK, 12144
- **NAICS:** 621111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was putting the cap on a marker when she missed the cap and the marker punctured her left hand. Her hand became inflamed, requiring hospitalization.

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