# Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at Humphrey Company, LTD
> OSHA SIR `20231110710` · 11/20/2023 · HUMBLE, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Ladders, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Fasteners, connectors, ropes, ties, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Humphrey Company, LTD
- **Location:** 12630 Water Works Way, HUMBLE, TEXAS, 77396
- **NAICS:** 238220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a ladder to install valve tags. He lost his footing and fell onto a pipe support stand that impaled his abdomen.

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