# Fractures at Welding and Crane Service
> OSHA SIR `2016076174` · 7/9/2016 · JACKSON, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Skull
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
- **Source:** Machine and appliance parts, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Metalworking lathes
## Employer
- **Name:** Welding and Crane Service
- **Location:** 4471 Industrial Road, JACKSON, ALABAMA, 36545
- **NAICS:** 811310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was grinding on a shaft while turning on a lathe when the shaft started wobbling, came out of the lathe, and struck the employee's forehead, cracking the skull.

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