ALBANY - An Albany County Department of Public Works employee is accused of shooting a nail gun into a co-worker’s arm.

New Scotland resident Jesse J. Burby, 31, was charged with felony assault, misdemeanor counts of weapons possession and menacing in the Monday incident, Sheriff Craig Apple said Friday.

Deputies said Burby used a Bostitch nail gun to shoot the co-worker in the arm, and then threatened the victim further by pointing the nail gun at the victim's kneecap and chest. The victim had to have surgery to remove the nail, officials said.

Burby has been a county DPW employee for eight years, Apple said.

County spokesperson Mary Rozak said Burby has been suspended from his job, but it was not immediately clear whether he was off the job with, or without, pay.

Rozak said county Executive Daniel McCoy requested a "thorough" investigation into the incident.

"We always do everything and anything possible to make sure our county employees are safe and there is a safe working environment," she said.