# Fractures at Glanbia Foods, Inc
> OSHA SIR `20181212791` · 12/13/2018 · RICHFIELD, IDAHO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple head locations
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
- **Source:** Caps, lids, covers, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Pipes, ducts, tubing, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Glanbia Foods, Inc
- **Location:** 1216 Hwy 26, RICHFIELD, IDAHO, 83349
- **NAICS:** 311514
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee performing a leak test of 3" pipe was struck in the head with an end cap that dislodged once pressurized air was added to the line. The employee sustained a facial fracture and a skull fracture.

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