# Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at Mediacom Communications Corp
> OSHA SIR `2017021242` · 2/8/2017 · RANTOUL, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Head, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
## Cause
- **Event:** Nonroadway collision with object other than vehicle, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Highway vehicle, motorized, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Lamp posts, street lights
## Employer
- **Name:** Mediacom Communications Corp
- **Location:** 1251 East Grove Avenue, RANTOUL, ILLINOIS, 61866
- **NAICS:** 517510
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee operating a company-owned vehicle struck the square cement base of a parking lot light. The employee suffered a punctured head and pain in the left elbow, right chin, and left knee.

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