# Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures at Lowneys Landscaping Center, Inc
> OSHA SIR `2024054664` · 5/28/2024 · APPLETON, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Shoulder(s), clavicle(s), scapula(e)
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by dislodged or detached object(s)
- **Source:** Hooks, shackles, magnets, clamshells
- **Secondary source:** Excavators
## Employer
- **Name:** Lowneys Landscaping Center, Inc
- **Location:** 3310 Wisconsin 47, APPLETON, WISCONSIN, 54913
- **NAICS:** 561730
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating an excavator to free a grinding machine that had become mired in mud. As the excavator exerted force, the pin shackle being utilized to connect the excavator to the grinding machine with a tow strap failed and snapped back, striking the employee in the excavator in the upper left chest. The employee sustained a puncture wound to his upper left shoulder, rendering him unconscious. The employee was hospitalized.

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