# Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at Burlington Stores, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20191010831` · 10/16/2019 · SOUTH PLAINFIELD, NEW JERSEY
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Wrist(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck against stationary object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Tools, instruments, and equipment, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Burlington Stores, Inc.
- **Location:** 6747 Hadley Road, SOUTH PLAINFIELD, NEW JERSEY, 07080
- **NAICS:** 452111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working at a cash register. A metal shoplifting alarm pin lodged in her wrist. She was hospitalized and the pin was surgically removed.

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