# Fractures at Ports America
> OSHA SIR `2017053932` · 5/1/2017 · SAN PEDRO, CALIFORNIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple face locations
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Fasteners, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Containers-nonpressurized, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Ports America
- **Location:** M/V YM Mutuality, SAN PEDRO, CALIFORNIA, 90731
- **NAICS:** 488320
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee was loosening turnbuckles to remove lashing bars from containers when one of the bars came loose and fell and struck the employee's mouth. The employee suffered a fractured jaw and broken teeth.

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