# Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at Nitterhouse Concrete Products, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20181111315` · 11/2/2018 · CHAMBERSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), except finger(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by discharged object or substance
- **Source:** Staples
- **Secondary source:** Striking and nailing handtools-power not determined, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Nitterhouse Concrete Products, Inc.
- **Location:** 2655 Molly Pitcher Highway South, CHAMBERSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA, 17202
- **NAICS:** 327390
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was building wooden forms using a staple gun. The gun shot a staple into the back of his left hand. He was hospitalized for surgery to remove the staple.

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