# Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at THRASH COMMERCIAL CONTRACTORS, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2018077658` · 7/27/2018 · MADISON, MISSISSIPPI
## 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:** THRASH COMMERCIAL CONTRACTORS, INC.
- **Location:** 159 Fountains BLVD, MADISON, MISSISSIPPI, 39110
- **NAICS:** 236220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a pneumatic nail gun to nail 2x8 boards together when his right leg bumped the nail gun. The gun then discharged a nail into his right leg, striking his bone.

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