# Fractures at Alfa Laval Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018099356` · 9/10/2018 · BROKEN ARROW, OKLAHOMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Face, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Machine and appliance parts, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Machine and appliance parts, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Alfa Laval Inc.
- **Location:** 1201 S. 9th Street, BROKEN ARROW, OKLAHOMA, 74012
- **NAICS:** 332410
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was securing the air seal on a motor mount when another employee, who was attempting to lower a fan assembly, loosened the come-along on the load and the fan assembly shifted, pinning the injured employee into the motor mount. The employee's head was crushed, breaking several bones in his face.

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