# Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at Clyde Johnson Contracting & Roofing, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2015031010` · 3/5/2015 · OKEECHOBEE, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Knee(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by discharged object or substance
- **Source:** Nails, brads, tacks, nuts, bolts, washers
- **Secondary source:** Nail guns-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Clyde Johnson Contracting & Roofing, Inc.
- **Location:** 15001 E State Rd 78, OKEECHOBEE, FLORIDA, 34974
- **NAICS:** 238160
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was performing carpentry work using a nail gun to nail bracing for a new residential dwelling's soffits. He was descending the ladder when the nail gun bumped the ladder and discharged a nail into his kneecap.

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