# Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at Coastal Roofing, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2021109105` · 10/22/2021 · SAINT AUGUSTINE, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thigh(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:** Coastal Roofing, Inc.
- **Location:** 27 Hampstead Court, SAINT AUGUSTINE, FLORIDA, 32092
- **NAICS:** 238160
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On October 22, 2021, at 1:30 p.m., an employee was kneeling down on a roof to install shingles when a nail gun slid and shot a nail above the employee's knee. The employee was hospitalized.

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