# Fractures at Croda, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018088753` · 8/24/2018 · MILL HALL, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple face locations
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
- **Source:** Hoses
## Employer
- **Name:** Croda, Inc.
- **Location:** 8 Croda Way, MILL HALL, PENNSYLVANIA, 17751
- **NAICS:** 325411
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On August 24, 2018, an employee was bleeding out a line carrying cetyl 16-18 fatty alcohol. The material was frozen in the line; when the employee opened the bleeder valve, the hose blew off and struck him in the face. He suffered fractures of the hard palate and nasal spine and a lacerated gumline that required stitches.

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