# Fractures at Superior Marine Ways, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2016099196` · 9/29/2016 · SOUTH POINT, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Skull
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Transmission-vehicle
- **Secondary source:** Overhead hoists, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Superior Marine Ways, Inc.
- **Location:** 5852 County Road 1, SOUTH POINT, OHIO, 45680
- **NAICS:** 336611
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On September 29, 2016, an employee was helping to install a torque (transmission) on a large bulldozer using chain hoists when one of the hoists gave way, allowing the transmission to come down and strike the employee's head and face. The employee suffered forehead lacerations, facial trauma, and a skull fracture.

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