# Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at Mattox Construction & Development
> OSHA SIR `20201211286` · 12/1/2020 · EL DORADO, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Eye(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by object breaking in hand
- **Source:** Shovels
## Employer
- **Name:** Mattox Construction & Development
- **Location:** Hazel Hurst St, EL DORADO, ARKANSAS, 71730
- **NAICS:** 236118
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a shovel to excavate roots. The blade was positioned under a root and the employee was using the curve of the blade as a leverage point when the handle snapped. The fractured end of the shovel handle struck the employee's face, causing lacerations to the forehead and eye lid, and a 1mm puncture to the eye.

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