# Cuts, lacerations at Pheifer Bros Construction Co.,Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017098843` · 9/15/2017 · NEWTON, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Head, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Machine and appliance parts, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Pile drivers, tamping machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Pheifer Bros Construction Co.,Inc.
- **Location:** Mineral Springs Rd Bridge over Pigeon River, NEWTON, WISCONSIN, 53063
- **NAICS:** 237310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a vertical hammer to pile drive when a steel piece of the hammer came loose and struck his head, lacerating it. He was has hospitalized overnight.

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