# Fractures at Water Main Cleaning Company
> OSHA SIR `2018089000` · 8/30/2018 · KEARNY, NEW JERSEY
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Face, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle
- **Source:** Truck-motorized freight hauling and utility, n.e.c
## Employer
- **Name:** Water Main Cleaning Company
- **Location:** 1806 Newark Turnpike, KEARNY, NEW JERSEY, 07032
- **NAICS:** 221320
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning out a catch basin when he was struck in the face by a boom vacuum, breaking bones on the left side of his face.

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