# Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at Quest Design & Fabrication, LLC
> OSHA SIR `20231110648` · 11/17/2023 · STAFFORD, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), except finger(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:** Quest Design & Fabrication, LLC
- **Location:** 13720 Stafford Rd., STAFFORD, TEXAS, 77477
- **NAICS:** 321918
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was assembling a shelf with a nail gun containing 18-gauge, 3/4-inch nails. While placing together two pieces, he lost grip of the pieces and the nail gun fired into the palm of his left hand.

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