# Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures at SPARTECH LLC
> OSHA SIR `2024087986` · 8/28/2024 · CAPE GIRARDEAU, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s)  unspecified
- **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:** SPARTECH LLC
- **Location:** 2500 Spartech Dr., CAPE GIRARDEAU, MISSOURI, 63701
- **NAICS:** 326113
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was building wooden pallets when a pneumatic nail gun discharged a nail into their leg. The employee sustained a laceration and was hospitalized.

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