# Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at Metal Sales Manufacturing Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2023043584` · 4/21/2023 · JEFFERSON, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), n.e.c.
- **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:** Metal Sales Manufacturing Corporation
- **Location:** 352 East Erie Street, JEFFERSON, OHIO, 44047
- **NAICS:** 332322
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was building a wooden pallet using a pneumatic nail gun. When he activated the nail gun, the nail exited through the corner edge of the board and punctured his hand, going through the fifth metacarpal bone.

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