# Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at CVS
> OSHA SIR `2022108718` · 10/4/2022 · WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
## Cause
- **Event:** Stabbing, cutting, slashing, piercing
- **Source:** Robber
- **Secondary source:** Knives, unspecified or n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** CVS
- **Location:** 661 Pennsylvania Avenue, SE, WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, 20003
- **NAICS:** 446110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was picking up store product that had been thrown to the floor. A shoplifter re-entered the store and stabbed the employee in the neck with a knife.

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