# Fractures at Michels Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2019066573` · 6/29/2019 · METZ, WEST VIRGINIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Jaw, chin
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
- **Source:** Metal pipes, tubing
- **Secondary source:** Excavating machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Michels Corporation
- **Location:** Coujnty Rd 4 & Friendship Lane, METZ, WEST VIRGINIA, 26585
- **NAICS:** 237120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Employees were "daylighting" (exposing) a 2-inch pipeline in the ground to remove the pipeline. Thirty feet of pipe was already exposed. An excavator was digging down 6 inches to expose the pipeline. When the bucket of dirt was rotated away from the pipeline, the tooth of the bucket struck the pipe causing the far end of the pipe to shift and strike an employee at the far end of the pipeline (30 feet) in the neck and jaw. The employee was hospitalized for a fractured jaw.

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