# Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at Reece Construction Co., Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2020098336` · 9/1/2020 · TOPEKA, KANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall onto or against object on same level, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Bars, rods, reinforcing bar (rebar)
## Employer
- **Name:** Reece Construction Co., Inc.
- **Location:** Shawnee County SE 69th. St. over tributary to Lynn Creek, TOPEKA, KANSAS, 66604
- **NAICS:** 237310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was on an H-pile in the center span of a bridge, walking towards the pier cap to retrieve his water bottle. The employee went to step up and stumbled onto rebar which impaled him.

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