# Fractures and surface, flesh wounds at RIPA & ASSOCIATES, L.L.C.
> OSHA SIR `2025043350` · 4/10/2025 · SARASOTA, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Jaw, chin
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures and surface, flesh wounds
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by discharged object or substance
- **Source:** Pipes, ducts, tubing  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Source, secondary source  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** RIPA & ASSOCIATES, L.L.C.
- **Location:** 13250 SR 62, SARASOTA, FLORIDA, 34243
- **NAICS:** 238910
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was conducting a pressure test of sewer laterals. The pressure gauge dropped to 0 PSI. The employee checked the pipe and wiggled it. A 6 to 8 inch pipe shot out of the ground and struck the employee's jaw/chin. The employee sustained a fracture to the jaw and a laceration to the bottom of the chin. The employee was hospitalized.

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