# Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures at CMH Manufacturing Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2024021594` · 2/20/2024 · WAYCROSS, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Knee(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by discharged object or substance
- **Source:** Staples
- **Secondary source:** Nailing or stapling tools
## Employer
- **Name:** CMH Manufacturing Inc.
- **Location:** 3350 Industrial Blvd., WAYCROSS, GEORGIA, 31503
- **NAICS:** 321991
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was stapling oriented strand board (OSB) onto a wall with a pneumatic staple gun when a 2-inch staple punctured his left knee. The employee required hospitalization and surgery to remove the staple.

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