# Fractures and surface, flesh wounds at Gerome Manufacturing Company, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2024087415` · 8/13/2024 · SMITHFIELD, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Head  unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures and surface, flesh wounds
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by dislodged or detached object(s)
- **Source:** Chips, pellets  metal
- **Secondary source:** Lathes
## Employer
- **Name:** Gerome Manufacturing Company, Inc.
- **Location:** 80 Laurel View Drive, SMITHFIELD, PENNSYLVANIA, 15478
- **NAICS:** 332322
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On August 13, 2024, an employee was struck in the head by a flying object when a piece broke off a lathe upon startup. The employee suffered a laceration and fracture to their head, resulting in hospitalization.

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