# Fractures at EXLTUBE
> OSHA SIR `2017054772` · 5/26/2017 · KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Face, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
- **Source:** Dimensional lumber: 2x4, 2x3, etc.
## Employer
- **Name:** EXLTUBE
- **Location:** 1000 Burlington, KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI, 64116
- **NAICS:** 331221
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was loading a truck with 4x4 dunnage. When the load was lifted at one end, a 4x4 board snapped. The free end of the board struck and fractured the employee's face, requiring hospitalization.

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