# Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at Great Plains Manufacturing
> OSHA SIR `2022010710` · 1/24/2022 · SALINA, KANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Knee(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with objects and equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Welding and heating handtools-powered, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Great Plains Manufacturing
- **Location:** 244 N Hugh st, SALINA, KANSAS, 67401
- **NAICS:** 333111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was welding parts together. The lead welding wire punctured the employee's left knee. The employee was hospitalized.

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