# Fractures at Preferred Beef Group, LP
> OSHA SIR `2018043476` · 4/11/2018 · BOOKER, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Nose, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
- **Source:** Machine and appliance parts, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Butchering machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Preferred Beef Group, LP
- **Location:** 910 E. Industrial Road, BOOKER, TEXAS, 79005
- **NAICS:** 311611
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was sorting carcasses when one of the carcasses became caught. The employee turned off the chain and was attempting to free the carcass when the guide bar came off and struck the employee across the bridge of the nose and cheekbone. The employee's nose was shattered.

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