# Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at STEPHENS & SMITH CONSTRUCTION CO., INC.
> OSHA SIR `2017054710` · 5/24/2017 · LINCOLN, NEBRASKA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Structural elements, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** STEPHENS & SMITH CONSTRUCTION CO., INC.
- **Location:** 6300 Cornhusker Hwy, LINCOLN, NEBRASKA, 68507
- **NAICS:** 238110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was getting into a footing approximately 3.5 feet deep to show a crew member how to tie the rebar. As he entered the footing, his foot slipped and fell on the rebar. He suffered a laceration/puncture wound to the base of his neck next to the clavicle.

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