# Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at Scott Equipment Company LLC
> OSHA SIR `2016021605` · 2/22/2016 · LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thigh(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
- **Source:** Metal chips, particles
- **Secondary source:** Excavating machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Scott Equipment Company LLC
- **Location:** 10923 Interstate 30, LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS, 72209
- **NAICS:** 423810
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

While walking 63 feet away in the equipment yard, an employee was struck on the left thigh by a piece of metal debris that broke off from the jack hammer bit on an excavator.

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