# Fractures at Umicore Specialty Materials Recycling, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2015064152` · 6/29/2015 · WICKLIFFE, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple head locations
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
- **Source:** Caps, lids, covers, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Pipes, ducts, tubing, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Umicore Specialty Materials Recycling, LLC
- **Location:** 28960 Lakeland Blvd., WICKLIFFE, OHIO, 44092
- **NAICS:** 331410
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

While sending air through a pipe for cleaning purposes, an employee used a hammer to hit the pressurized pipe to unclog it. As the employee struck the pipe, a strainer (which lined the inside of the cap) flew off, striking the employee in the forehead. The employee sustained a fracture to the eye socket and skull, which required surgery.

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