# Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at St. Jeans Industries, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20191010644` · 10/10/2019 · HEBER SPRINGS, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Knee(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
- **Source:** Wire, cables-nonelectrical
- **Secondary source:** Hand grinders-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** St. Jeans Industries, Inc.
- **Location:** 424 INDUSTRIAL PARK RD., HEBER SPRINGS, ARKANSAS, 72543
- **NAICS:** 336399
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a wire-end brush attachment in a pneumatic die grinder to clean debris out of a casting mold. The employee stepped down from a 6-inch raised platform, then felt severe pain in his left knee as soon as it was bearing weight. A 1-inch-long, 0.0104-inch-thick steel wire from the brush had penetrated the knee. The employee was hospitalized.

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