# Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at Performance Pallet Corp.
> OSHA SIR `2019076760` · 7/5/2019 · SEYMOUR, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Knee(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:** Performance Pallet Corp.
- **Location:** 112 N Mainline Drive, SEYMOUR, WISCONSIN, 54165
- **NAICS:** 321920
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was building pallets using a nail gun. As he bent down to nail a pallet, the gun fired into his leg, lodging a nail into his knee.

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