# Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at Cargill, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2015086171` · 8/26/2015 · HEARTWELL, NEBRASKA
## 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:** Cargill, Inc.
- **Location:** 1613 41st Rd., HEARTWELL, NEBRASKA, 68945
- **NAICS:** 424510
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was building a bunker wall using an air nail gun.  As the worker was nailing, he fired the gun twice and a nail went into the employee's left thumb.

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