# Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at Loren Cook Company
> OSHA SIR `20181212953` · 12/18/2018 · SPRINGFIELD, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Knee(s) and leg(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:** Loren Cook Company
- **Location:** 2015 Dale St, SPRINGFIELD, MISSOURI, 65803
- **NAICS:** 333412
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was building a wooden crate around an industrial fan for shipment. The employee's material slipped and as he tried to catch a board a staple was shot into his right knee cap and femur. The staple need to be surgically removed.

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