# Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at CCA MIDWEST, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2021076245` · 7/28/2021 · PLAINFIELD, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), except finger(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:** CCA MIDWEST, INC.
- **Location:** Chatham Square, PLAINFIELD, ILLINOIS, 60544
- **NAICS:** 238350
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On July 28, 2021, an employee was nailing a double 2-inch by 6-inch top plate to the top of a first floor wall. When he fired a pneumatic nail gun into the plate, the nail split the wood, went through the plate, and punctured his hand between the thumb and the index finger.

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