# Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at Culligan International
> OSHA SIR `2022042921` · 4/1/2022 · LIBERTYVILLE, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Ankle(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:** Culligan International
- **Location:** 1500 Harris Road, LIBERTYVILLE, ILLINOIS, 60048
- **NAICS:** 423720
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee became tangled in an air hose. He was using his pneumatic staple gun to move the hose when the gun shot a staple into his right ankle. He was hospitalized, undergoing surgery.

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