# Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at Reeds Ferry Small Buildings, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2023065303` · 6/15/2023 · WINTHROP, MASSACHUSETTS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Knee(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:** Reeds Ferry Small Buildings, Inc.
- **Location:** 332 Revere Street, WINTHROP, MASSACHUSETTS, 02152
- **NAICS:** 321992
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was nailing together the floor of a shed when the nail gun shot a nail into the side of his right knee. The employee required surgery.

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