# Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at Berry Companies Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2020032322` · 3/11/2020 · MANHATTAN, KANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by discharged object or substance
- **Source:** Lubricating greases, cutting oils
- **Secondary source:** Material and personnel handling machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Berry Companies Inc.
- **Location:** 3695 Green Valley Parkway, MANHATTAN, KANSAS, 66502
- **NAICS:** 561110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was removing and repairing a hydraulic lift cylinder on a piece of equipment. The employee loosened a connection and pressurized hydraulic fluid burst out, hitting the employee's hand. Hydraulic fluid penetrated into the skin tissue and muscle of the thumb on the palm side of the hand.

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