# Fractures at Caribbean Fibers, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017076350` · 7/11/2017 · MEDLEY, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Face, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by handheld object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Hand grinders-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Caribbean Fibers, Inc.
- **Location:** 9060 NW 82 AVE, MEDLEY, FLORIDA, 33166
- **NAICS:** 562111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On July 11, 2017, at approximately 1:55 p.m., an employee was operating a hand grinder to grind down a metal spur on a machine component when the grinder slipped from his hands. The grinder then bounced back and hit him in the face, causing a facial fracture/laceration. He was hospitalized and had surgery.

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