# Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at PONTCHARTRAIN MECHANICAL, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2023109588` · 10/17/2023 · NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Forearm(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Ladders, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Nonclassifiable
## Employer
- **Name:** PONTCHARTRAIN MECHANICAL, LLC
- **Location:** 420 Julie Street, NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA, 70130
- **NAICS:** 238220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee fell off a ladder and a piece of steel rebar pierced his left forearm. He also sustained injury to the face.

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