# Fractures at Alabama Power Company
> OSHA SIR `20201111117` · 11/24/2020 · BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Skull
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by physical contact during horseplay
- **Source:** Co-worker or work associate of injured or ill worker, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Rocks, crushed stone
## Employer
- **Name:** Alabama Power Company
- **Location:** 600 18th St. North, BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA, 35203
- **NAICS:** 221112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was stepping out of a portable toilet when a thrown rock, aimed at the side of the toilet, struck the employee in the hardhat and head. The employee suffered a laceration and broken bones in the right side of the head/forehead.

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