# Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at Concrete Structures, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2023032171` · 3/9/2023 · RONKONKOMA, NEW YORK
## 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:** Vehicle and mobile equipment parts, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Excavating machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Concrete Structures, Inc.
- **Location:** 2380 Pond Road, RONKONKOMA, NEW YORK, 11779
- **NAICS:** 238110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A maintenance employee was welding an attachment to the bucket of an excavator. The piston holding the bucket disengaged, causing the metal bucket to fall and land on the employee's foot, crushing and lacerating it.

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