# Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at Tri-Sure
> OSHA SIR `20181111484` · 11/7/2018 · CAROL STREAM, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Tri-Sure
- **Location:** 290 E. Fullerton Ave., CAROL STREAM, ILLINOIS, 60188
- **NAICS:** 332431
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

At about 4:10 p.m. on November 7, 2018, an employee was operating a foot-pedal-activated riveting machine. The employee's left thumb accessed the point-of-operation during a riveting cycle, and a rivet (along with the employee's glove) was embedded in the  thumb.

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