# Fractures at Carpenter Technology Corporation
> OSHA SIR `20161211829` · 12/20/2016 · READING, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Jaw, chin
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Cranes, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Carpenter Technology Corporation
- **Location:** 101 West Bern Street, READING, PENNSYLVANIA, 19612
- **NAICS:** 331111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a crane to load steel for a furnace. When the employee unhooked the lifting device from the steel, the hook on the chain caught on the steel. Before the employee could stop the crane, the hook, under tension, came free and struck the employee's jaw, fracturing it.

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