# Fractures at USA Metals
> OSHA SIR `2016010452` · 1/17/2016 · LANGHORNE, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Jaw, chin
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Beams-unattached metal
- **Secondary source:** Cranes, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** USA Metals
- **Location:** 50 Cabot Blvd., LANGHORNE, PENNSYLVANIA, 19047
- **NAICS:** 333519
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was hoisting steel beams with a crane. The steel beam swung and struck him in the jaw resulting in a fracture requiring surgery.

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