# Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at Ashley Furniture Industries, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2016098391` · 9/6/2016 · ECRU, MISSISSIPPI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Eye(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by discharged object or substance
- **Source:** Staples
- **Secondary source:** Stapling tools-electric or pneumatic
## Employer
- **Name:** Ashley Furniture Industries, Inc.
- **Location:** 447 Highway 346 West, ECRU, MISSISSIPPI, 38841
- **NAICS:** 337121
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On 09/06/2016, at approximately 5:20 PM, an employee was injured when an upholstery staple from a pneumatic staple gun entered under his right eyelid, requiring hospitalization and stitches.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · MORVS · CC0 1.0*