# Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures at Precision Precast
> OSHA SIR `2025065996` · 6/23/2025 · COLUMBIA, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level  unspecified
- **Source:** Structural elements  n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Rods, reinforcing bar (rebar) metal
## Employer
- **Name:** Precision Precast
- **Location:** 8451 East Trade Center Drive, COLUMBIA, MISSOURI, 65201
- **NAICS:** 327390
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A temporary employee was building a box culvert. He was positioned on top of the culvert, using a sledgehammer to hit the sides, when he fell backward off the box culvert. When he fell, his leg struck a piece of rebar, resulting in a severe laceration on his right calf.

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