# Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at Twin City Fan & Blower Company
> OSHA SIR `2015053075` · 5/21/2015 · ELKTON, SOUTH DAKOTA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(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:** Twin City Fan & Blower Company
- **Location:** 201 Badger Street North, ELKTON, SOUTH DAKOTA, 57026
- **NAICS:** 333413
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was building crates with a pneumatic nail gun. The wood he was nailing split and the nail gun slipped, moving the nail gun to his hand. He shot his hand with the nail gun, requiring hospitalization. The safety pad was in place at the time.

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