# Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at G. A. Carlson & Company
> OSHA SIR `2020065179` · 6/4/2020 · FAYETTEVILLE, WEST VIRGINIA
## 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:** G. A. Carlson & Company
- **Location:** 430 Crazy Horse Road, FAYETTEVILLE, WEST VIRGINIA, 25840
- **NAICS:** 238130
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Two employees were installing braces on trusses. One of them was using a nail gun when it struck the other employee's head and discharged, firing a 3 1/2-inch framing nail into his head.

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