diff --git a/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/carbon.dm b/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/carbon.dm
index dd5b29059085f..3ed2b86816ac4 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/carbon.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/carbon.dm
@@ -538,6 +538,7 @@
 		REMOVE_TRAIT(src, TRAIT_INCAPACITATED, STAMINA)
 		REMOVE_TRAIT(src, TRAIT_IMMOBILIZED, STAMINA)
 		REMOVE_TRAIT(src, TRAIT_FLOORED, STAMINA)
+		REMOVE_TRAIT(src, TRAIT_HANDS_BLOCKED, STAMINA)
 	else
 		return
 	update_health_hud()
diff --git a/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/status_procs.dm b/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/status_procs.dm
index cc15c12d836e9..5ab2c57be0f48 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/status_procs.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/status_procs.dm
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 	ADD_TRAIT(src, TRAIT_INCAPACITATED, STAMINA)
 	ADD_TRAIT(src, TRAIT_IMMOBILIZED, STAMINA)
 	ADD_TRAIT(src, TRAIT_FLOORED, STAMINA)
+	ADD_TRAIT(src, TRAIT_HANDS_BLOCKED, STAMINA)
 	if((maxHealth - health + getStaminaLoss()) > 120) // Puts you a little further into the initial stamcrit, makes stamcrit harder to outright counter with chems.		//WS Edit - Stamina stacks with health damage
 		adjustStaminaLoss(30, FALSE)
 
diff --git a/code/modules/projectiles/projectile.dm b/code/modules/projectiles/projectile.dm
index 0b9bcb8da4f78..66adeb53ac59f 100644
--- a/code/modules/projectiles/projectile.dm
+++ b/code/modules/projectiles/projectile.dm
@@ -490,7 +490,7 @@
 		if(direct_target)
 			return TRUE
 		// If target not able to use items, move and stand - or if they're just dead, pass over.
-		if(L.stat == DEAD || (!hit_stunned_targets && HAS_TRAIT(L, TRAIT_IMMOBILIZED) && HAS_TRAIT(L, TRAIT_FLOORED) && HAS_TRAIT(L, TRAIT_HANDS_BLOCKED)))
+		if(L.stat || (!hit_stunned_targets && HAS_TRAIT(L, TRAIT_IMMOBILIZED) && HAS_TRAIT(L, TRAIT_FLOORED) && HAS_TRAIT(L, TRAIT_HANDS_BLOCKED)))
 			return FALSE
 	return TRUE