# Fractures at HALVERSON CONSTRUCTION CO., INC.
> OSHA SIR `2018032842` · 3/23/2018 · LAWRENCEVILLE, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple face locations
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by discharged or flying object, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Wrenches-nonpowered
- **Secondary source:** Sledges, sledgehammers
## Employer
- **Name:** HALVERSON CONSTRUCTION CO., INC.
- **Location:** Highway 1 over the Embarras River, LAWRENCEVILLE, ILLINOIS, 62439
- **NAICS:** 237310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Two employees were sitting on a beam facing each other and protected from falling. They were working to drive barrel pins for a field splice. Employee 1 was using an 8 lb. sledgehammer to drive a pin, but missed the pin and hit a spud wrench that was sitting on the splice. The wrench was propelled upward and struck employee 2 in the face, causing nasal and facial fractures that required hospitalization.

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