# Fractures and surface, flesh wounds at Ports America Florida, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2024098652` · 9/17/2024 · MIAMI, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Other multiple ear(s), facial locations
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures and surface, flesh wounds
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by object handled by person  unspecified
- **Source:** Fasteners  n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Ports America Florida, INC.
- **Location:** 1630 Port Blvd, MIAMI, FLORIDA, 33132
- **NAICS:** 488320
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was handling a lashing bar when it struck the employee's face, resulting in fractures and cuts to his cheek and forehead.

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