# Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at Portillo Construction
> OSHA SIR `2015063434` · 6/4/2015 · CYPRESS, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Eye(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:** Portillo Construction
- **Location:** 18919 Ellis Bend Lane, CYPRESS, TEXAS, 77433
- **NAICS:** 236115
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was on a pump jack scaffold installing siding on a residential home using a nail gun. A nail from the gun bounced off the wall and hit the employee in the eye. The nail got stuck in his eye, and he was hospitalized for surgery.

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