# Cuts, lacerations at Farrar Construction Co. Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2021032503` · 3/24/2021 · DOVER, OKLAHOMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Forehead
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Pipes, ducts, tubing, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Backhoes, trackhoes
## Employer
- **Name:** Farrar Construction Co. Inc.
- **Location:** 512 East Redfork Dr., DOVER, OKLAHOMA, 73734
- **NAICS:** 237120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A backhoe struck a vent pipe while digging next to it, causing the weld at the bottom of the pipe to fail. The pipe fell and struck an employee on the hardhat. The employee suffered a forehead laceration.

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