# Fractures (except skull fractures) and concussions at Mount Airy Lumber Company
> OSHA SIR `2020010219` · 1/8/2020 · NEW PROVIDENCE, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple head locations
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures (except skull fractures) and concussions
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
- **Source:** Wood, lumber, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Sawing machinery-stationary, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Mount Airy Lumber Company
- **Location:** 209 Mount Airy Road, NEW PROVIDENCE, PENNSYLVANIA, 17560
- **NAICS:** 321113
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was trying to remove debris from a gang saw. He bent over and the wood became dislodged, hitting his face. He suffered a facial laceration requiring stitches, a concussion, and a nasal bone fracture.

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