diff --git a/code/datums/elements/embed.dm b/code/datums/elements/embed.dm
index 1bb55079dbea2..506579b492753 100644
--- a/code/datums/elements/embed.dm
+++ b/code/datums/elements/embed.dm
@@ -70,10 +70,10 @@
 
 
 /// Checking to see if we're gonna embed into a human
-/datum/element/embed/proc/checkEmbed(obj/item/weapon, mob/living/carbon/victim, hit_zone, datum/thrownthing/throwingdatum, forced=FALSE)
+/datum/element/embed/proc/checkEmbed(obj/item/weapon, mob/living/carbon/victim, hit_zone, blocked, datum/thrownthing/throwingdatum, forced=FALSE)
 	SIGNAL_HANDLER
 
-	if(!istype(victim) || HAS_TRAIT(victim, TRAIT_PIERCEIMMUNE))
+	if((!forced && blocked) || !istype(victim) || HAS_TRAIT(victim, TRAIT_PIERCEIMMUNE))
 		return
 
 	var/flying_speed = throwingdatum ? throwingdatum.speed : weapon.throw_speed
diff --git a/code/game/objects/items/devices/scanners.dm b/code/game/objects/items/devices/scanners.dm
index f31fcfaefe27c..4766ab38a1685 100644
--- a/code/game/objects/items/devices/scanners.dm
+++ b/code/game/objects/items/devices/scanners.dm
@@ -398,6 +398,11 @@ GENE SCANNER
 			if(H.has_status_effect(STATUS_EFFECT_LING_TRANSFORMATION))
 				message += "\t<span class='info'>Subject's DNA appears to be in an unstable state.</span>"
 
+		// Embedded Items
+		for(var/obj/item/bodypart/limb as anything in H.bodyparts)
+			for(var/obj/item/embed as anything in limb.embedded_objects)
+				message += "\t<span class='alert'>Foreign object embedded in subject's [limb.name].</span>"
+
 	// Species and body temperature
 	if(ishuman(M))
 		var/mob/living/carbon/human/H = M
diff --git a/code/modules/mob/living/living_defense.dm b/code/modules/mob/living/living_defense.dm
index d7bdc58edd35b..785be6765635b 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/living/living_defense.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/living/living_defense.dm
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@
 		var/zone = ran_zone(BODY_ZONE_CHEST, 65)//Hits a random part of the body, geared towards the chest
 		var/dtype = BRUTE
 		var/volume = I.get_volume_by_throwforce_and_or_w_class()
-		var/nosell_hit = SEND_SIGNAL(I, COMSIG_MOVABLE_IMPACT_ZONE, src, zone, throwingdatum) // TODO: find a better way to handle hitpush and skipcatch for humans
+		var/nosell_hit = SEND_SIGNAL(I, COMSIG_MOVABLE_IMPACT_ZONE, src, zone, blocked, throwingdatum) // TODO: find a better way to handle hitpush and skipcatch for humans
 		if(nosell_hit)
 			skipcatch = TRUE
 			hitpush = FALSE