# Fractures at Johnstown Wire Technologies
> OSHA SIR `2023087085` · 8/4/2023 · JOHNSTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Face, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
- **Source:** Machine and appliance parts, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Johnstown Wire Technologies
- **Location:** 124 Laurel Ave, JOHNSTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA, 15906
- **NAICS:** 332618
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was stringing wire on a wire drawing machine. While looking through the window, the puller chain that is used to connect the wire to the block during string-ups slipped off the wire and broke through the guard door window. The employee was struck in the head, resulting in facial fractures.

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