# Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at Beard Equipment Company, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20201211538` · 12/9/2020 · IRVINGTON, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
- **Source:** Metal chips, particles
- **Secondary source:** Fasteners, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Beard Equipment Company, Inc.
- **Location:** Esfeller Construction Yard, IRVINGTON, ALABAMA, 36544
- **NAICS:** 532412
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was driving a pin into the track of an excavator when the pin chipped and a fragment hit and penetrated the employee's leg, requiring hospitalization.

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