# Fractures at Robey Excavating LLC
> OSHA SIR `2015108175` · 10/30/2015 · SHIRLEY, WEST VIRGINIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple face locations
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
- **Source:** Plastic, PVC, or rubber pipes and tubing
## Employer
- **Name:** Robey Excavating LLC
- **Location:** Route 23, SHIRLEY, WEST VIRGINIA, 26434
- **NAICS:** 237120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On October 30, 2015, at approximately 8:30am, an employee was hospitalized after being struck by a 14 inch diameter polyethylene pipe.  The employee was raising a hydraulic jack on the McElroy 618 machine when the pipe under pressure released from the cradle and struck the employee in the face and chest.  The employee's injuries were bruising of the chest, 12 to 13 facial fractures, loosened teeth, and a broken nose.  The employee was hospitalized.

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