# Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at Main Steel Polishing Company, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2015010166` · 1/7/2015 · ELK GROVE VILLAGE, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by discharged or flying object, unspecified
- **Source:** Nails, brads, tacks, nuts, bolts, washers
- **Secondary source:** Nail guns-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Main Steel Polishing Company, Inc.
- **Location:** 2200 Pratt Boulevard, ELK GROVE VILLAGE, ILLINOIS, 60007
- **NAICS:** 331221
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Employee was constructing a wooden pallet skid lift when the nail gun he was operating fired twice and injured his finger. The injury was underneath the employee's thumb. The employee was transported to the hospital, stayed overnight, and had surgery on his finger.

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