# Fractures at BLOUNT SANFORD CONTRACTING COMPANY, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2018043400` · 4/9/2018 · SPARTA, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Nose, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Buckets, baskets, pails
## Employer
- **Name:** BLOUNT SANFORD CONTRACTING COMPANY, INC.
- **Location:** SR 16 - bridge construction, SPARTA, GEORGIA, 31087
- **NAICS:** 237310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee fell from a concrete catcher basket to rip rap (rock) and suffered a broken nose and contusion to the chest.

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