# Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at Woolf Distributing Company*
> OSHA SIR `20181010246` · 10/3/2018 · WOODSTOCK, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by physical contact during horseplay
- **Source:** Co-worker or work associate of injured or ill worker, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Stapling tools-electric or pneumatic
## Employer
- **Name:** Woolf Distributing Company*
- **Location:** 1625 W. Lake Shore Drive, WOODSTOCK, ILLINOIS, 60098
- **NAICS:** 423330
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Two employees were engaged in horseplay with an industrial staple gun when the gun fired, impaling an employee on the right side of the abdomen. The employee was hospitalized for surgery.

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