# Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at Secure Fence & Rail, LLC.
> OSHA SIR `2015096732` · 9/15/2015 · MELBOURNE, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thigh(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:** Secure Fence & Rail, LLC.
- **Location:** 3060 Kershaw Ct., MELBOURNE, FLORIDA, 32934
- **NAICS:** 238990
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was installing a fence. He had the leveler on top of the fence. He moved a board and the leveler fell hitting the nail gun and at the same time the employee had a finger on the trigger. The gun fired a nail into his thigh.

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