# Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at Shore Shot Pistol Range
> OSHA SIR `2023043841` · 4/29/2023 · LAKEWOOD, NEW JERSEY
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Eye(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
## Cause
- **Event:** Explosion, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Ammunition
## Employer
- **Name:** Shore Shot Pistol Range
- **Location:** 730 Airport Rd #4, LAKEWOOD, NEW JERSEY, 08701
- **NAICS:** 713990
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

The injured employee was bracing a lever-action rifle on a counter top in a range booth while employee 2 was working to dislodge a cartridge that was stuck in the rifle chamber. While employee 2 was using a hammer to tap the round out, the primer ignited and the round detonated. A fragment from the brass shell casing struck the injured employee near their left eye socket and penetrated their left eye. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.

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