# Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at APACHE PRODUCTS INC.
> OSHA SIR `2022098346` · 9/21/2022 · SILSBEE, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Heel(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
- **Source:** Nails, brads, tacks, nuts, bolts, washers
- **Secondary source:** Nail guns-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** APACHE PRODUCTS INC.
- **Location:** 1012 JOHN HARE RD, SILSBEE, TEXAS, 77656
- **NAICS:** 321920
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a nail gun to nail pallets. As he put the nail gun down behind him, the trigger was activated and a nail punctured his heel, resulting in hospitalization.

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