# Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at Rice & Rice Inc
> OSHA SIR `2021098106` · 9/21/2021 · FOUNTAIN, COLORADO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
## Cause
- **Event:** Sudden start or stop, nonroadway
- **Source:** Construction, logging, and mining machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Rice & Rice Inc
- **Location:** 8150 Rice Lane, FOUNTAIN, COLORADO, 80817
- **NAICS:** 238910
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a construction vehicle to push a scraper in front of him to align it. He engaged his push block, and it went over the push bumper. When the scraper came off, the force thrashed him around inside his cab. The control arm/joystick punctured his abdomen.

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