# Fractures at Gudenkauf Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2018010565` · 1/17/2018 · STRASBURG, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Face, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker
- **Source:** Tools, instruments, and equipment, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Gudenkauf Corporation
- **Location:** 6440 French Hill Road, STRASBURG, OHIO, 44680
- **NAICS:** 238210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a rodder to clear underground communication lines and was placing it into a cradle when it slipped, striking the employee in the face. The employee was hospitalized with facial fractures.

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