# Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at Walgreen Co.
> OSHA SIR `20231211459` · 12/18/2023 · FORT PIERCE, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
- **Source:** Scissors, snips, shears-nonpowered
## Employer
- **Name:** Walgreen Co.
- **Location:** 4950 S US HWY 1, FORT PIERCE, FLORIDA, 34982
- **NAICS:** 446110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using scissors to unjam cardboard. While using the scissors to make a path for the wires, the scissors stabbed his left hand. The employee was hospitalized and had hand surgery.

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