# Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at Havertys Distribution Center
> OSHA SIR `2022109083` · 10/17/2022 · LAKELAND, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
- **Source:** Handtools-power not determined, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Havertys Distribution Center
- **Location:** 7100 Havertys Way, LAKELAND, FLORIDA, 33805
- **NAICS:** 493110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was removing staples from a piece of furniture. The employee's industrial staple remover slipped and punctured their left thumb. The wound became infected.

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