# Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at Larkin Industries, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2019033247` · 3/28/2019 · BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
- **Source:** Welding, cutting, and blow torches
## Employer
- **Name:** Larkin Industries, Inc.
- **Location:** 114 David Green Road, BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA, 35244
- **NAICS:** 333413
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was welding an exhaust hood when the welding wire punctured his right index finger.

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