# Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at Chain Electric Company, Incorporated
> OSHA SIR `2018099774` · 9/20/2018 · BENTONVILLE, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Buttock(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level, unspecified
- **Source:** Ground, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Fences, fence panels, gates, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Chain Electric Company, Incorporated
- **Location:** 1202 SW Melissa Dr, BENTONVILLE, ARKANSAS, 72712
- **NAICS:** 238210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was descending from an electric pole when he stepped into 6-foot tall weeds and fell backward, impaling his left buttock on a metal fence T-post that was covered by the weeds. He was hospitalized.

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