# Avulsions, enucleations at ALTEC INDUSTRIES, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2017109524` · 10/4/2017 · SAINT JOSEPH, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Tooth (teeth)
- **Nature of injury:** Avulsions, enucleations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Overhead hoists, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Tables, worktables
## Employer
- **Name:** ALTEC INDUSTRIES, INC.
- **Location:** 2106 SOUTH RIVERSIDE ROAD, SAINT JOSEPH, MISSOURI, 64507
- **NAICS:** 333120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was positioning a hoist with rigging equipment to move a boom. As the employee was raising the hoist cable and hook, the hook was caught on the side lip of a work table. The hook then broke loose and swung, striking the employee in the face. The employee suffered a facial laceration, broken jaw, and tooth extraction.

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