# Fractures at OTTO BAUM CO., INC.
> OSHA SIR `2016043345` · 4/21/2016 · MORTON, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Eye(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with objects and equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Sawing machinery-stationary, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** OTTO BAUM CO., INC.
- **Location:** 866 N. MAIN ST., MORTON, ILLINOIS, 61550
- **NAICS:** 238140
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On 04/21/16, at approximately 3:00 p.m., an employee was cutting a concrete pipe with a cut-off saw. The blade became stuck, and the guard that covers the blade struck the left side of the employee's face, fracturing the orbital bone and causing lacerations.

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