# Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at GreenPoint Ag Holdings, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2022065757` · 6/15/2022 · HAZEN, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
- **Source:** Metal chips, particles
- **Secondary source:** Farm tractor
## Employer
- **Name:** GreenPoint Ag Holdings, LLC
- **Location:** 406 East Hwy 70, HAZEN, ARKANSAS, 72064
- **NAICS:** 453998
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Employees were standing by an agricultural tractor with a chemical applicator to see if the installed fan was working properly. The tractor's RPM shot up and the fan began to spin faster than normal causing the fan's protective casing to explode and shoot metal pieces towards two employees on the opposite side of the tractor. Pieces of metal impaled one employee in the abdomen resulting in hospitalization. The second employee sustained a chest laceration and was not hospitalized.

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