# Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures at V.E. Whitehurst and Sons, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2024021396` · 2/14/2024 · WILLISTON, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Abdomen  unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by dislodged or detached object(s)
- **Source:** Chips, pellets  metal
- **Secondary source:** Backhoes, trackhoes
## Employer
- **Name:** V.E. Whitehurst and Sons, Inc.
- **Location:** 20551 NE 75th St., WILLISTON, FLORIDA, 32696
- **NAICS:** 237310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was removing teeth from a trackhoe bucket with a hammer. A piece of a tooth sheared off and punctured his stomach. He was hospitalized and underwent surgery to remove the piece.

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