# Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at Pro Con Homes, Inc
> OSHA SIR `2019066214` · 6/20/2019 · BOISE, IDAHO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Mouth, n.e.c.
- **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:** Pro Con Homes, Inc
- **Location:** 139 East Warm Springs, BOISE, IDAHO, 83714
- **NAICS:** 238130
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a nail gun when a nail ricocheted off another nail and impaled the employee through the tongue and into the roof of the mouth. The employee was hospitalized.

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