# Cuts, lacerations at First Solar Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20181111978` · 11/21/2018 · BARTOW, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple head locations
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Vehicle and mobile equipment parts, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Construction, logging, and mining machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** First Solar Inc.
- **Location:** 2401 Highway 98 N, BARTOW, FLORIDA, 33830
- **NAICS:** 237130
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A post pounding machine was being used to pound a post on site. The operator lifted the hammer top high and the hammer came out of the mast. The mast assembly missed an in-plate that would have prevented the hammer from separating from the mast when lifted above a certain height. The hammer struck the employee while he was setting up another post for placement. The hammer fell onto his hard hat and grazed his lip/chin area. The impact caused significant lacerations to the head and face.

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