# Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at Lincare Holdings, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018088286` · 8/14/2018 · ONTARIO, OHIO
## 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, unspecified
- **Source:** Stairs, steps, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Oxygen tanks and cylinders
## Employer
- **Name:** Lincare Holdings, Inc.
- **Location:** unknown, ONTARIO, OHIO, 44906
- **NAICS:** 532291
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee slipped on steps located at a patient's residence and fell onto an oxygen tank that was on a cart at the base of the steps, suffering a puncture wound to the neck.

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