# Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at Power Recycling, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018077444` · 7/23/2018 · AMSTERDAM, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Wrist(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:** Power Recycling, Inc.
- **Location:** 4715 Route 30, AMSTERDAM, NEW YORK, 12010
- **NAICS:** 321920
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was making a wooden pallet. With a nail gun in his right hand, he picked up a board with his left hand. The nail gun discharged, shooting a nail into his left wrist.

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