# Fractures at Asphalt Specialties Company, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2015074236` · 7/1/2015 · FIRESTONE, COLORADO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple face locations
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
- **Source:** Crowbars
## Employer
- **Name:** Asphalt Specialties Company, Inc.
- **Location:** 11401 Weld Co Rd 9 3/4, FIRESTONE, COLORADO, 80504
- **NAICS:** 324121
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On 7/1/15 an employee was working at the Firestone Plant in the scale house, when it was discovered that a gate on the asphalt silo had a broken bolt and was not functioning properly. At ~ 12:40 AM while attempting to replace the bolt, his crowbar slipped and struck him in the face. He was admitted for in-patient hospitalization for a fractured bone above the eye (no eye loss/damage) and a fractured cheek bone.

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