# Fractures at Paul Transportation
> OSHA SIR `20161110973` · 11/22/2016 · DODSON, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple face locations
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
- **Source:** Strapping
## Employer
- **Name:** Paul Transportation
- **Location:** 707 us 167, DODSON, LOUISIANA, 71422
- **NAICS:** 484121
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was tightening a ratchet strap on a flat bed. The handle got away from him while under pressure and swung up, hitting him in the face. He was hospitalized with a broken jaw, nose, and tooth and a possible concussion.

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