# Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c. at BRIGGS & STRATTON CORPORATION
> OSHA SIR `2022021205` · 2/8/2022 · POPLAR BLUFF, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Head and trunk
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by discharged object or substance
- **Source:** Lubricating greases, cutting oils
- **Secondary source:** Casting machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** BRIGGS & STRATTON CORPORATION
- **Location:** 731 Highway 142, POPLAR BLUFF, MISSOURI, 63901
- **NAICS:** 333618
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was asked to help perform maintenance on a die cast machine. The employee entered the work area, got into a kneeling position, and began using an open-end wrench to remove a hydraulic hose so a fitting could be repaired. When the hose came free from the fixture, residual hydraulic pressure released and hydraulic fluid struck the employee in the chest. The employee fell backward and struck his head on surrounding machinery. The employee was hospitalized with a subdural hematoma, fractures to the forehead, orbital area, and ribs, and required stitches for a forehead laceration.

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