# Open wounds, unspecified at SA Recycling LLC
> OSHA SIR `2023109658` · 10/19/2023 · NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Open wounds, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Excavating machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** SA Recycling LLC
- **Location:** 7694 Front Rd, NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA, 69101
- **NAICS:** 423930
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating an excavator and lifting a rail when it slipped through the grappler attachment and slid toward the excavator cab. The rail penetrated the glass and impaled the employee in the abdomen. He sustained lacerations to the abdomen and injuries to internal organs.

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