# Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at WESTERN EXTRUSIONS CORPORATION
> OSHA SIR `2015053023` · 5/19/2015 · CARROLLTON, TEXAS
## 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:** WESTERN EXTRUSIONS CORPORATION
- **Location:** 1735 SANDY LAKE ROAD, CARROLLTON, TEXAS, 75006
- **NAICS:** 331316
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was nailing 2x4's together with a nail gun. He had several lined up on a table and was ailing them to make 4x4's when he shot a nail through his right middle finger.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · MORVS · CC0 1.0*