# Fractures at Martar Construction Company, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2016099128` · 9/27/2016 · GLEN ALLAN, MISSISSIPPI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Shoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Machine and appliance parts, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Pile drivers, tamping machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Martar Construction Company, Inc.
- **Location:** 2095 E. Lake Washington Rd., GLEN ALLAN, MISSISSIPPI, 38744
- **NAICS:** 238990
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Employees building a lake deck were using a mechanical pile driver to drive piling into a lake bed. The rope broke as the hammer was being raised, and the hammer fell and struck one of the employees. The employee suffered facial trauma, a broken left shoulder, and a left arm laceration.

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