# Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at H.M. Stauffer & Son, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2016042868` · 4/6/2016 · MYERSTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Knee(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:** H.M. Stauffer & Son, Inc.
- **Location:** 499 Houtztown Road, MYERSTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA, 17067
- **NAICS:** 321214
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a pneumatic nail gun to assemble walls when the gun came in contact with his knee and discharged the nail into it. He required surgery and hospitalization.

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