# Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at Colombia Construction Services Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017087430` · 8/4/2017 · FERNANDINA BEACH, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Head, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Step ladders
## Employer
- **Name:** Colombia Construction Services Inc.
- **Location:** 97076 Harbor Concourse Circle, FERNANDINA BEACH, FLORIDA, 32034
- **NAICS:** 238130
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was on an A-frame ladder receiving floor trusses from a coworker when he slipped and fell off the ladder. He had nails in his pocket and they fell to the ground. The right side of his head landed on the nails and was punctured, requiring hospitalization.

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