# Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at BERKSHIRE THEATRE GROUP, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2017065048` · 6/3/2017 · STOCKBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Knee(s)
- **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:** BERKSHIRE THEATRE GROUP, INC.
- **Location:** 6 East St, STOCKBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS, 01262
- **NAICS:** 711110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On June 3, 2017, an employee was kneeling and using a pneumatic staple gun to secure corners of a prop frame. The employee fired a staple into the wood and it kicked back, causing a second staple to eject from the gun and impale her knee. She was hospitalized and had surgery.

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