The police officer who shot a Queensland woman in the eye with a stun gun is a qualified Taser instructor, AAP reports.

The woman has undergone emergency surgery after the stun gun's metal prong hit her in the eye as police tried to restrain her on Thursday.

Police say the woman was tasered after she threatened officers with a table leg that had nails sticking out of it at her home at Logan, south of Brisbane.

The officer who deployed the weapon is now the subject of an Ethical Standards Command investigation.

Acting Assistant Commissioner Steve Hollands said the officer who deployed the stun gun is a very experienced senior constable.

"He's also a qualified Taser instructor,'' he told the ABC.

"The Ethical Standards Command and the Criminal Investigation Commission will overview the matter. At this point in time, the woman remains in hospital.''

The woman's family has told the ABC she has lost her eye.

The hospital where she's being treated said the woman was in a stable condition, but would not confirm her injuries.

Indigenous activist Sam Watson has spoken out about the “grossly inappropriate response” by police in the tasering incident.

Mr Watson told The Courier-Mail that the woman has lost her eye and will be left with a permanent disability.

“You have an Aboriginal woman who is left with a permanent disability and because of the degree of pain she experienced at the scene, she is going to face years of emotional trauma, it is an appalling situation," Mr Watson said.

“Civil liberties groups and Aboriginal community groups and people across the community for a number of years have been concerned about the use of Taser weapons."

The indigenous activist has called for an immediate response from Queensland Police to suspend the police officers involved in the incident.

Australian Council for Civil Liberties president Terry O'Gorman said the incident raised key operational questions, given police guidelines for Taser use state officers are not supposed to shoot above the chest.

Police service guidelines on Taser use specifically warn of the risk of eye injuries.

"Tasers should not be aimed so as to strike the head or neck of a subject unless this is unavoidable,'' the guidelines say.