# Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at Allied Group
> OSHA SIR `2017021817` · 2/27/2017 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Foot (feet), 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:** Allied Group
- **Location:** 7200 Mykawa Road, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77033
- **NAICS:** 332919
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was preparing a pallet with a pneumatic nail gun when the air hose became wrapped around his right leg. While trying to unwrap the hose from around his leg, the nail gun engaged and struck the back of his right foot.

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