# Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at J.W. CAMPBELL CONSTRUCTION, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2021032191` · 3/12/2021 · NEEDHAM, MASSACHUSETTS
## 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:** J.W. CAMPBELL CONSTRUCTION, INC.
- **Location:** 107 Lexington Avenue, NEEDHAM, MASSACHUSETTS, 02494
- **NAICS:** 238350
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Two employees collided while one of them was climbing down a ladder carrying a nail gun. The gun discharged, firing a wire nail fastener into the other employee's head. That employee was hospitalized.

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