# Fractures at Vector Contracting, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2019065728` · 6/6/2019 · BEAUMONT, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple face locations
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Structural elements, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Pile drivers, tamping machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Vector Contracting, Inc.
- **Location:** Washingon and 11st, BEAUMONT, TEXAS, 77705
- **NAICS:** 236220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

As it was being removed from the ground, a 20-foot section of sheet piling struck an employee in the face, causing fractures to the upper jaw and the orbit of the left eye.

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