# Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at Summerford Pallet Company
> OSHA SIR `2020076949` · 7/23/2020 · ASHFORD, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(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:** Summerford Pallet Company
- **Location:** 353 Ashford Industrial Drive, ASHFORD, ALABAMA, 36312
- **NAICS:** 321113
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was repairing pallets using a hammer, a pallet disassembly pry bar, and a pneumatic coil nailer. While he was placing a new board on a broken pallet, the coil nailer nailed his left middle finger to the board. He was hospitalized, undergoing surgery.

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