# Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at Cardone Industries, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018043181` · 4/3/2018 · HARLINGEN, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thigh(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:** Cardone Industries, Inc.
- **Location:** 5810 E Harrison Avenue, HARLINGEN, TEXAS, 78550
- **NAICS:** 441310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was moving a pallet to turn it in a different direction. A nail gun was about to fall and the employee tried to catch it. As the employee reached for the nail gun, the trigger was activated and the nail gun discharged a nail into the employee's right thigh.

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