# Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures at Texian Fence LLC
> OSHA SIR `2025011021` · 1/31/2025 · BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Scalp
- **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:** Texian Fence LLC
- **Location:** Eichorn Ave, BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS, 78520
- **NAICS:** 236220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was bending over to pick fence pickets up off the ground. He contacted the tip of a nail gun while standing up, causing it to discharge a nail. The employee sustained a puncture to the head just above the ear.

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