# Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at Kellstrom Defense Aerospace, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2020010182` · 1/7/2020 · MIRAMAR, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **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:** Kellstrom Defense Aerospace, Inc.
- **Location:** 15501 SW 29th Street Suite 101, MIRAMAR, FLORIDA, 33027
- **NAICS:** 423860
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was assembling a wood crate using a pneumatic staple gun when the staple gun's safety mechanism pressed against the employee's thumb while he simultaneously depressed the trigger. The staple released into his thumb and he required hospitalization.

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