# Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at FLORIDA POWER AND LIGHT
> OSHA SIR `2021021040` · 2/4/2021 · FORT LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Shoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e)
- **Nature of injury:** Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Step ladders
## Employer
- **Name:** FLORIDA POWER AND LIGHT
- **Location:** 1643 NE 5th Street, FORT LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA, 33301
- **NAICS:** 541990
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was in the rear of the property looking for an electric service handhole. The employee stepped onto a plastic stool bench in order to see over the fence. The employee lost his balance and suffered a puncture injury underneath the armpit from climbing spikes protruding from a  communications pole.

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