# Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at Con-Tech Carpentry, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2021054271` · 5/26/2021 · EUREKA, MISSOURI
## 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:** Con-Tech Carpentry, Inc.
- **Location:** 366 West Fourth Street, EUREKA, MISSOURI, 63025
- **NAICS:** 238130
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was stepping up to a concrete ledge with a nail gun. The gun shot a nail into his right knee when he stepped up.

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