# Fractures at U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
> OSHA SIR `2019077313` · 7/18/2019 · ORLANDO, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple face locations
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object or equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Hooks, shackles, magnets, clamshells
## Employer
- **Name:** U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
- **Location:** 13800 Veterans Way, ORLANDO, FLORIDA, 32827
- **NAICS:** 622110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was in a baler, attempting to unjam cardboard from a hook. When the cardboard came free, the hook struck the employee in the left side of the head and face. The employee suffered a fractured left jaw and left orbit, as well as a cut under the left eye that required stitches.

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