# Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at Florida Roofmasters, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017054247` · 5/10/2017 · PALM COAST, FLORIDA
## 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:** Florida Roofmasters, Inc.
- **Location:** 155 Bren Mar Ln, PALM COAST, FLORIDA, 32137
- **NAICS:** 238160
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was nailing felt paper on a deck when the felt paper moved, causing him to lose balance while holding the nail gun in his right hand. A nail then ejected and punctured his left middle finger. He was hospitalized.

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