# Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at Andersen Logistic
> OSHA SIR `2019099660` · 9/16/2019 · ATLANTA, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thigh(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:** Andersen Logistic
- **Location:** 7550 Wood Rd, ATLANTA, GEORGIA, 30314
- **NAICS:** 493110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was putting a wood crate together with a pneumatic stapler. The staple gun came into contact with his thigh and went off, embedding a 2-inch staple in his leg between the knee and the thigh.

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