# Fractures at Intercoastal Repair Services
> OSHA SIR `2021031915` · 3/3/2021 · JEFFERSON, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple head locations
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Jacks
## Employer
- **Name:** Intercoastal Repair Services
- **Location:** 3100 River Road, JEFFERSON, LOUISIANA, 70121
- **NAICS:** 336611
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was utilizing a railroad jack handle when the jack handle swung up and hit his face, resulting in a skull fracture and a broken nose.

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