# Fractures at CP & O LLC
> OSHA SIR `2021098256` · 9/24/2021 · PORTSMOUTH, VIRGINIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Face, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with objects and equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Cranes-gantry, overhead, monorail, container
## Employer
- **Name:** CP & O LLC
- **Location:** 1000 Virginia International Gateway Blvd, PORTSMOUTH, VIRGINIA, 23703
- **NAICS:** 488320
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee was unhooking a shackle and wire from a ship-to-shore crane spreader bar on a dock. The spreader bar flipper guide dropped down and struck the employee in the head. He suffered broken facial bones and was hospitalized.

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