# Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures at MEI Rigging & Crating Dallas
> OSHA SIR `2024043174` · 4/10/2024 · HASLET, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Knee(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by discharged object or substance
- **Source:** Nailing or stapling tools
- **Secondary source:** Nails, brads, tacks, spikes
## Employer
- **Name:** MEI Rigging & Crating Dallas
- **Location:** 280 Intermodal Parkway Suite 150, HASLET, TEXAS, 76052
- **NAICS:** 488991
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was building a crate using a pneumatic nail gun when a nail shot into the employee's knee.

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