# Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at American Furniture Warehouse
> OSHA SIR `2023010039` · 1/3/2023 · FIRESTONE, COLORADO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Foot (feet), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Cart, dolly, hand truck-nonpowered
## Employer
- **Name:** American Furniture Warehouse
- **Location:** 10550 Jake Jabs Blvd, FIRESTONE, COLORADO, 80504
- **NAICS:** 337125
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee loaded six TV stands onto a hand truck dolly, each one weighing approximately 38 kilograms. The employee pushed one side of the dolly while his co-worker pushed on the other side of the dolly. The employee lost his footing and fell. The dolly then fell on top of him and the handle pierced his right foot through the tongue of his shoe, resulting in a puncture wound.

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