# Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at ECOLAB INC
> OSHA SIR `20221110064` · 11/15/2022 · ELDORADO, OKLAHOMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **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:** ECOLAB INC
- **Location:** 1857 State Highway 6, ELDORADO, OKLAHOMA, 73537
- **NAICS:** 424690
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was helping to seal a grain storage bunker to prepare for fumigation. He was using a battery powered nail gun to fasten plastic sheeting on the side of the bunker when the nail gun misfired and a nail struck the employee in the left side of the chest, resulting in a puncture wound.

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