# Fractures at National Grid
> OSHA SIR `2021054173` · 5/21/2021 · CENTRAL SQUARE, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Tooth (teeth)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object or equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Drilling machines, drilling augers
## Employer
- **Name:** National Grid
- **Location:** Gas Operations Field Station, CENTRAL SQUARE, NEW YORK, 13036
- **NAICS:** 221122
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was standing next to a directional drilling machine when a plastic bracket from the drill struck the employee in the face causing three broken teeth and mouth lacerations.

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