# Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at American Fibrex
> OSHA SIR `20181213027` · 12/19/2018 · JOPLIN, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Eye(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
- **Source:** Crowbars
- **Secondary source:** Machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** American Fibrex
- **Location:** 1220 NW Murphy Blvd, JOPLIN, MISSOURI, 64801
- **NAICS:** 327993
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was loading insulation into pans to go into the oven. The molds jammed and the employee used a crowbar to unjam the molds. When the jam cleared, the crowbar broke loose and struck the employee in the face causing damage to an eye socket.

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