# Fractures at GOLD MECHANICAL
> OSHA SIR `2015063960` · 6/22/2015 · SPRINGFIELD, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Jaw, chin
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
- **Source:** Caps, lids, covers, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Pressurized air-blast
## Employer
- **Name:** GOLD MECHANICAL
- **Location:** BASS PRO - ADDITION, SPRINGFIELD, MISSOURI, 65807
- **NAICS:** 238220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On a worksite managed by Whiting-Turner Contracting Company, an employee of Concrete Coring Company of St. Louis, was drilling a hole in bedrock using a core drill. Employees of Gold Mechanical, a plumbing contractor on the worksite, were conducting a live test of piping using pneumatic air. The injured employee was working adjacent to a pipe included in the live test. A cap from the pipe was propelled at a high velocity by the pneumatic air and struck the injured employee in the face and fracturing his jaw. The employee was hospitalized for treatment.

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