# Fractures at Maldonado Nursery & Landscaping, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20231110309` · 11/8/2023 · CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Jaw, chin
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
- **Source:** Metal chips, particles
- **Secondary source:** Mowing machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Maldonado Nursery & Landscaping, Inc.
- **Location:** Spohn Hospital South, CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS, 78414
- **NAICS:** 561730
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was trimming vegetation near an area where another employee was mowing. The mower picked up a piece of metal debris in the grass and ejected it; it struck the first employee in the jaw/neck area, causing a laceration and fracture to his jaw.

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