# Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at Freeman Health System
> OSHA SIR `2021021380` · 2/15/2021 · JOPLIN, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
## Cause
- **Event:** Nonroadway collision with object other than vehicle, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Skid steer loaders, mini loaders
- **Secondary source:** Culverts, nonconfined ditches
## Employer
- **Name:** Freeman Health System
- **Location:** 1102 W. 32nd Street, JOPLIN, MISSOURI, 64804
- **NAICS:** 622110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was clearing snow using a skid steer and a bucket attachment when the skid steer struck a culvert. The safety bar of the skid steer struck the employee in the abdomen, resulting in hospitalization for blunt force trauma.

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