# Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at NCI Group, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20171010201` · 10/24/2017 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## 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:** NCI Group, Inc.
- **Location:** 7311 Fairview, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77041
- **NAICS:** 321911
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was building a shipping crate using a pneumatic nail gun when he accidentally shot a nail into his left middle finger.

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