# Open wounds involving internal organs, major blood vessels at Alpine Steel, LLC
> OSHA SIR `20241211895` · 12/27/2024 · GLENWOOD SPRINGS, COLORADO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Internal neck structures
- **Nature of injury:** Open wounds involving internal organs, major blood vessels
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by dislodged or detached object(s)
- **Source:** Chips, pellets  metal
- **Secondary source:** Other metal, wood, and special material machinery  n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Alpine Steel, LLC
- **Location:** 755 Airport Road, GLENWOOD SPRINGS, COLORADO, 81601
- **NAICS:** 332312
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was utilizing a hydraulic ironworker machine to punch plates for a structural steel job. A piece of metal came off and punctured his trachea.

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