# Fractures at AMERICAN PHOENIX, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2018077577` · 7/26/2018 · EAU CLAIRE, WISCONSIN
## 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:** Chains, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** AMERICAN PHOENIX, INC.
- **Location:** 800 WISCONSIN ST., EAU CLAIRE, WISCONSIN, 54703
- **NAICS:** 326299
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

After cleaning a mixing machine that was locked out, an employee was going to remove the safety chain that held the sliding door in place when the chain broke and struck the employee's nose. The employee suffered a broken nose and an eye injury.

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