# Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures at Black Hills Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2025065988` · 6/23/2025 · LEAD, SOUTH DAKOTA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Trunk  unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level resulting in exposure or contact
- **Source:** Ground, travel, and support surfaces  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Limbs, branches unattached
## Employer
- **Name:** Black Hills Corporation
- **Location:** 21653 US Hwy 85, LEAD, SOUTH DAKOTA, 57754
- **NAICS:** 221122
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On June 23, 2025, at approximately 1:00 PM, an employee was walking along the powerline right of way conducting a quality control assessment for tree trimming crews that had previously worked in the area. While walking in the right of way, the employee slipped/tripped and fell to the ground. They fell onto a stick, resulting in a puncture wound to the upper right side of their torso just below the armpit. The employee was hospitalized.

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