# Fractures at Sonoco Products Company
> OSHA SIR `2016010934` · 1/31/2016 · FRANKLIN, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Skull
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
- **Source:** Fans, blowers-wall, floor, ceiling, ventilation
## Employer
- **Name:** Sonoco Products Company
- **Location:** 708 South Avenue, FRANKLIN, OHIO, 45005
- **NAICS:** 323111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

While raising up in a lift to repair loose pipe insulation, a maintenance employee was struck in the head by a ceiling fan blade, suffering a skull fracture.

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