# Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures at Simmons Animal Nutrition Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2024098410` · 9/10/2024 · SOUTH WEST CITY, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thigh(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures
## Cause
- **Event:** Collision with stationary object, nonroadway
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck powered
- **Secondary source:** Gates
## Employer
- **Name:** Simmons Animal Nutrition Inc.
- **Location:** 10700 State Highway 43, SOUTH WEST CITY, MISSOURI, 64863
- **NAICS:** 311615
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a forklift when the forklift struck a gate, causing a pipe that is part of the gate to impale his left thigh.

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