# Fractures at Ford Farms
> OSHA SIR `2017021557` · 2/16/2017 · GREENWOOD, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Face, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Limbs, branches-unattached
## Employer
- **Name:** Ford Farms
- **Location:** 5151 Field Rd, GREENWOOD, FLORIDA, 32443
- **NAICS:** 111998
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using an open-top tractor with a front-end loader to push a fallen tree when a limb (about 8 inches in diameter) fell on his face. He sustained a facial bone fracture and contusion on the back of the head, requiring hospitalization.

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