# Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at Strickland's Roofing LLC
> OSHA SIR `2018054765` · 5/16/2018 · MEIGS, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Head, 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:** Strickland's Roofing LLC
- **Location:** 2915 Mayfield Lane, MEIGS, GEORGIA, 31765
- **NAICS:** 238160
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a pneumatic nail gun to install asphalt shingles on a residential roof when the nail gun brushed his head and was triggered, shooting a nail into his head. He was hospitalized.

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