# Fractures at RDO Equipment Company
> OSHA SIR `2024087766` · 8/22/2024 · PFLUGERVILLE, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Jaw, chin
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by suspended or swinging objects  n.e.c.
- **Source:** Hooks, shackles, magnets, clamshells
- **Secondary source:** Cranes gantry, overhead, monorail, container
## Employer
- **Name:** RDO Equipment Company
- **Location:** 16415 North IH 35, PFLUGERVILLE, TEXAS, 78660
- **NAICS:** 811310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was replacing the undercarriage on a dozer when a lifting hook became stuck between the track and the machine. The employee was freeing the hook by lifting the track using an overhead crane when the hook slipped off the track and struck them in the jaw. The employee sustained a fracture to their upper jaw.

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