# Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures at Best Insulation
> OSHA SIR `2024021630` · 2/21/2024 · CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** External and internal neck locations
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by discharged object or substance
- **Source:** Nails, brads, tacks, spikes
- **Secondary source:** Nailing or stapling tools
## Employer
- **Name:** Best Insulation
- **Location:** 1524 North Port Avenue, CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS, 78401
- **NAICS:** 238310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a pneumatic nail gun, the nail ricocheted and struck the employee next to him in the throat. The employee sustained a puncture wound to the throat.

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