# Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at HM Richards Furniture
> OSHA SIR `2022119803` · 11/7/2022 · GUNTOWN, MISSISSIPPI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Nonclassifiable
- **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:** HM Richards Furniture
- **Location:** 120 H.M. Richards Way, GUNTOWN, MISSISSIPPI, 38849
- **NAICS:** 337121
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A employee was building wood furniture frames when their pneumatic staple gun shot twice and the employee was struck with a staple that was 1.5 inches long. The employee was hospitalized.

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