# Fractures at Gulf Interstate Engineering
> OSHA SIR `2018077217` · 7/17/2018 · HUNTINGTON, WEST VIRGINIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Jaw, chin
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
- **Source:** Pipes, ducts, tubing, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Excavating machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Gulf Interstate Engineering
- **Location:** 1664 Walkers Branch Road, HUNTINGTON, WEST VIRGINIA, 25704
- **NAICS:** 541990
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was struck in the jaw by a section of conduit as it was being pulled from the ground by an excavator and broke free. The employee's jaw fractured.

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