# Open wounds involving internal organs, major blood vessels at Champion Home Builders, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20241110937` · 11/25/2024 · LAKE CITY, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lung(s), pleura
- **Nature of injury:** Open wounds involving internal organs, major blood vessels
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by discharged object or substance
- **Source:** Nails, brads, tacks, spikes
- **Secondary source:** Nailing or stapling tools
## Employer
- **Name:** Champion Home Builders, Inc.
- **Location:** 200 SE Industrial Park Drive, LAKE CITY, FLORIDA, 32025
- **NAICS:** 321991
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

The injured employee was holding the rafters at the roof build table area while a co-worker attached them to the roof frame using a pneumatic nailer. A four-inch nail ricocheted and pierced the employee's left shoulder resulting in injury to an artery and the left lung.

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