Open wounds involving internal organs, major blood vessels

Name: Open wounds involving internal organs, major blood vessels at USIC Locating Services, LLC
Start: 8/27/2025

1 hospitalization · 2025088583 · 8/27/2025 · USIC Locating Services, LLC

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Thigh(s)
Nature of injury: Open wounds involving internal organs, major blood vessels

Cause

Event: Fall to lower level from collapsing structure or equipment unspecified
Source: Existing opening, hole in constructed surface
Secondary source: Tiles ceramic, stone, glass

Employer

Name: USIC Locating Services, LLC
Location: 505 East State St., BOTKINS, OHIO, 45306
NAICS: 561990
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was walking and taking post-locate photos. He stepped on a ceramic drainage tile and his foot/leg punched through the tile. His leg was lacerated by the broken tile. The employee was hospitalized with internal bleeding due to a punctured femoral artery.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown