# Fractures at Concrete Coring Company
> OSHA SIR `2016098895` · 9/20/2016 · ALAMOGORDO, NEW MEXICO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Drills-stationary
## Employer
- **Name:** Concrete Coring Company
- **Location:** Holloman Air Force Base, ALAMOGORDO, NEW MEXICO, 88310
- **NAICS:** 238990
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

On September 20, 2016, at approximately 2:30 PM, an employee was coring concrete using a drill. His hair somehow became caught in the drill and he suffered damage to his scalp and broke his neck. He was hospitalized and required surgery.

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