# Fractures at APM Terminals Mobile, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2019087970` · 8/4/2019 · MOBILE, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Face, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Machinery or equipment incident on water vehicle
- **Source:** Cargo ship, freighter, passenger liner, ship, excluding sail-powered
- **Secondary source:** Fasteners, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** APM Terminals Mobile, LLC
- **Location:** 901 Ezra Trice Blvd, MOBILE, ALABAMA, 36603
- **NAICS:** 488320
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

During the unloading of a vessel, an employee was disconnecting twist locks from shipping containers. A twist lock from a container above the employee fell and struck the employee in the face, causing facial fractures.

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