# Fractures at Norfolk Iron and Metal
> OSHA SIR `20231110425` · 11/12/2023 · EMPORIA, KANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Jaw, chin
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
- **Source:** Other handtools-nonpowered, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Norfolk Iron and Metal
- **Location:** 1701 E South Avenue, EMPORIA, KANSAS, 66801
- **NAICS:** 441310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

At the tube blazer machine area, an employee was repositioning a piece of 24-foot metal tube material. The employee was using a metal bar to push against the tube when the metal bar slipped off the tube and struck the right side of their jaw. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured jaw.

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