# Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at Robert Binns Roofing, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2021065206` · 6/26/2021 · LAKELAND, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Buttock(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Extension ladders
- **Secondary source:** Shrubs, grasses
## Employer
- **Name:** Robert Binns Roofing, Inc.
- **Location:** 916 N Massachusetts Ave, LAKELAND, FLORIDA, 33801
- **NAICS:** 238160
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was heading to the ground from a 10-foot-high awning using a 28-foot extension ladder that was tied to the building. When the employee was about 8 feet from the ground, they fell off the ladder and landed on top of shrubs. A piece of branch from the shrubs pierced the employee's buttocks, resulting in hospitalization.

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