# Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at Arrow Home Products Company
> OSHA SIR `2016076689` · 7/22/2016 · ELK GROVE VILLAGE, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Eye(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
- **Source:** Box cutters and razor knives
## Employer
- **Name:** Arrow Home Products Company
- **Location:** 701 E. Devon Ave, ELK GROVE VILLAGE, ILLINOIS, 60007
- **NAICS:** 326199
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was opening a box with a box cutter when she poked her eye with the cutter, requiring hospitalization and surgery.

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