# Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at Hixson Lumber Sales of Louisiana, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2015041963` · 4/13/2015 · WINNFIELD, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **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:** Hixson Lumber Sales of Louisiana, Inc.
- **Location:** 207 Thomas Mill Road, WINNFIELD, LOUISIANA, 71483
- **NAICS:** 423310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee had just finished nailing a fence panel using a nail gun. As he extended his arm down into a resting/hanging position with his finger still on the trigger, another employee walked behind him and was struck in the lower leg with the nail gun, which actuated and drove a nail into his leg. The injured employee was hospitalized overnight.

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