# Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at Mitsubishi Caterpillar Forklift America
> OSHA SIR `2018077046` · 7/13/2018 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(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:** Mitsubishi Caterpillar Forklift America
- **Location:** 2121 West Sam Houston Parkway North, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77043
- **NAICS:** 333924
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was trying to secure dunnage in a trailer using a pneumatic nail gun. He was in the process of standing up from a kneeling position when the gun's trigger was caught in his work boots. The tongue of the boots depressed the trigger, causing it to fire a nail into his right lower leg.

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