# Avulsions, enucleations at Pioneer Construction Company, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20181010300` · 10/4/2018 · HAZLETON, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Tooth (teeth)
- **Nature of injury:** Avulsions, enucleations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Metal pipes, tubing
## Employer
- **Name:** Pioneer Construction Company, Inc.
- **Location:** Eagle Rock Resort, HAZLETON, PENNSYLVANIA, 18202
- **NAICS:** 237110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was helping lift a 10-foot ductile iron pipe section into a trench box. The pipe came loose from the clamp, bounced sideways, and struck the employee, causing tooth loss and soft tissue injury to an arm.

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