# Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures at Michels Pacific Energy, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2024043065` · 4/8/2024 · BOISE, IDAHO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Abdomen  unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall to lower level resulting in exposure or contact  unspecified
- **Source:** Other material and personnel handling machinery  n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Rods, reinforcing bar (rebar) metal
## Employer
- **Name:** Michels Pacific Energy, Inc.
- **Location:** 750 West Desert Wind Road, BOISE, IDAHO, 83716
- **NAICS:** 237130
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee jumped off a wire pulling machine and struck their lower leg and abdomen on a steel grounding rod. The employee suffered a laceration/puncture to the lower abdominal area and was hospitalized.

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