# Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures at Stephens Enterprises, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2025076797` · 7/14/2025 · BRIDGEVILLE, DELAWARE
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Other multiple ear(s), facial locations
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by other propelled object or substance  n.e.c.
- **Source:** Dimensional lumber
- **Secondary source:** Trash compactors, shredders
## Employer
- **Name:** Stephens Enterprises, Inc.
- **Location:** 20791 Storage Lane, BRIDGEVILLE, DELAWARE, 19933
- **NAICS:** 321920
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On July 14, 2025, an employee was walking down a ramp next to a pallet grinder after dumping a bin of pallet pieces into it. A 3-foot board flew out of the grinder and struck his head when he was about 12 feet away from the machine. He suffered cuts to the forehead and face and was hospitalized.

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