# Fractures at Greiner Industries
> OSHA SIR `20161110896` · 11/21/2016 · MOUNT JOY, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Face, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
- **Source:** Nonclassifiable
- **Secondary source:** Spreaders-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Greiner Industries
- **Location:** 1650 Steel Way, MOUNT JOY, PENNSYLVANIA, 17552
- **NAICS:** 332312
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a portable hydraulic tool to separate flanges on a hollow flight auger. During separation, the tool slipped off the shim, causing the shim to hit the employee in the face. The employee suffered fractured facial bones.

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