# Fractures at Victaulic Company
> OSHA SIR `2024054051` · 5/8/2024 · EASTON, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Jaw, chin
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by discharged object or substance
- **Source:** Parts and materials  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Source, secondary source  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Victaulic Company
- **Location:** 4901 KESSLERSVILLE ROAD, EASTON, PENNSYLVANIA, 18040
- **NAICS:** 331511
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was disassembling a test vessel. When he was unbolting a clamp, the vessel separated and a piece of the vessel struck him in the face. He sustained a fractured jaw, a face laceration, and broken teeth.

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