# Fractures at Tri County Materials
> OSHA SIR `20231211242` · 12/8/2023 · SANGER, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Cheek(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
- **Source:** Scrap metal
## Employer
- **Name:** Tri County Materials
- **Location:** 14459 Interstate 35 Frontage Road, SANGER, TEXAS, 76266
- **NAICS:** 423320
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating recycling equipment at the site's concrete recycling plant. As they were removing steel cable from a piece of concrete that was being processed for recycling, the steel cable pulled free and contacted the employee's face. They sustained a face laceration and a cheekbone fracture.

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