# Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at GENERAL DYNAMICS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
> OSHA SIR `2019076676` · 7/2/2019 · NORFOLK, VIRGINIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to tripping, unspecified
- **Source:** Floor, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Structural elements, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** GENERAL DYNAMICS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
- **Location:** 750 West Berkely Ave, NORFOLK, VIRGINIA, 23523
- **NAICS:** 336611
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

At approximately 9:30 a.m. on July 2, 2019, an employee was walking on a ship cableway located on the port side of the space en route to the port forward corner of the space when he tripped on the cableway and fell. As he fell, his calf impacted and was impaled by a U-channel bracket that was holding up the raceway. He was hospitalized.

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