# Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at Electronic Systems Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20211210572` · 12/9/2021 · SIOUX FALLS, SOUTH DAKOTA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Ear(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
## Cause
- **Event:** Stabbing, cutting, slashing, piercing
- **Source:** Co-worker or work associate of injured or ill worker, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Handtools-nonpowered, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Electronic Systems Inc.
- **Location:** 600 East 50th Street North, SIOUX FALLS, SOUTH DAKOTA, 57104
- **NAICS:** 334418
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

The injured employee was cleaning the assembly bench workstation at the end of his shift. Another employee used an 8-inch metal scribe to stab the injured employee on the side of the head by the ear.

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