# Fractures at Baxley Blowpipe Company, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018077618` · 7/26/2018 · DOTHAN, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Shoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Parts and materials, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Boom truck, bucket or basket hoist truck
## Employer
- **Name:** Baxley Blowpipe Company, Inc.
- **Location:** 3300 E. Cottonwood Road, DOTHAN, ALABAMA, 36301
- **NAICS:** 332996
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was walking around the job site supervising the work activities of the other employees. A telescopic boom lift was lifting a piece of metal to an elevated location when the piece of metal fell from the boom lift and struck the injured employee in the head and upper torso areas. The employee suffered a head laceration and fractured collarbone, requiring hospitalization.

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