# Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at PECO Pallet
> OSHA SIR `2020087449` · 8/6/2020 · GUILDERLAND, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Back, including spine, spinal cord, 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:** PECO Pallet
- **Location:** Northern Industrial Park Building 10, GUILDERLAND, NEW YORK, 12084
- **NAICS:** 321920
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was at a repair station, filling lumber on the bottom shelf of a lumber rack. Another employee placed a nail gun on the bottom shelf of a nearby table, and the gun fired a nail into the first employee's upper back on the left side.

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