# Fractures at Wyman Gordon Forgings
> OSHA SIR `2017032525` · 3/19/2017 · CLEVELAND, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Skull
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by discharged object or substance
- **Source:** Nonclassifiable
- **Secondary source:** Forging machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Wyman Gordon Forgings
- **Location:** 3097 E. 61st Street, CLEVELAND, OHIO, 44127
- **NAICS:** 332111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was changing a die on a forge when the prop he had placed under the forge hammer to hold it in place was knocked out and struck him in the head. He suffered a fractured skull and had surgery.

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