# Fractures at Southwire Company
> OSHA SIR `2023043696` · 4/25/2023 · CARROLLTON, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Jaw, chin
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Scrap metal
## Employer
- **Name:** Southwire Company
- **Location:** 372 Central High Road, CARROLLTON, GEORGIA, 30119
- **NAICS:** 332618
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On April 25, 2023, at approximately 6:20 p.m., the injured employee was observing his co-workers as they used a chain to the lift the metal lid from a launder machine (a piece of equipment that holds and processes copper). The chain shifted, causing the lid to shift. Copper debris fell off the lid, striking the injured employee and fracturing the right side of their jaw.

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