# Fractures at Tioga Construction Co.
> OSHA SIR `2016109494` · 10/7/2016 · DOWNSVILLE, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Jaw, chin
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Scrap, waste, debris, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Bucket, front-end, end, and pay loaders
## Employer
- **Name:** Tioga Construction Co.
- **Location:** Unknown Street, DOWNSVILLE, NEW YORK, 13755
- **NAICS:** 238390
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was helping to move equipment on the ground while a nearby payloader with forks was moving equipment and wooden dunnage. The forks made contact with the wood dunnage, which then struck and broke the employee's jaw.

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