# Fractures at Big Creek, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2023031915` · 3/1/2023 · GUNTERSVILLE, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Jaw, chin
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with objects and equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Nonclassifiable
## Employer
- **Name:** Big Creek, Inc.
- **Location:** 2900 Guntersville Park Dr., GUNTERSVILLE, ALABAMA, 35976
- **NAICS:** 811310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was moving a slide gate on a conveyor belt from the first to the third floor. While moving the slide gate, the gate tilted and pinned the employee to the wall and pipes. The employee suffered a fractured jaw and swelling to their face and head.

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