# Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at Asplundh Tree Expert Company
> OSHA SIR `20191011038` · 10/22/2019 · BECKLEY, WEST VIRGINIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object or equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Tools, instruments, and equipment, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Asplundh Tree Expert Company
- **Location:** Peach Tree Road, BECKLEY, WEST VIRGINIA, 25801
- **NAICS:** 561730
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

After trimming a tree, an employee was taking off climbing gear while on the ground. The employee was removing the right climbing gaff and slipped, causing the gaff to impale the employee's left calf.

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