# Fractures at U.S. Dept of the Navy - Fleet Readiness Center Southeast Command
> OSHA SIR `2019076863` · 7/9/2019 · PENSACOLA, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple head locations
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Machine and appliance parts, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Product testing, inspecting, and diagnostic machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** U.S. Dept of the Navy - Fleet Readiness Center Southeast Command
- **Location:** 640 Roberts Ave, PENSACOLA, FLORIDA, 32511
- **NAICS:** 928110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On July 9, 2019, an employee was being trained to calibrate an oxygen test bench. He was lying on the floor under the bench during a simulated repair when a 40-pound counterweight's cable broke loose. The counterweight fell from 3 to 4 feet above the floor onto his head. He suffered a broken eye socket and possible skull fracture and was hospitalized.

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