# Fractures at WESTWAY FEED PRODUCTS, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2020021398` · 2/12/2020 · CORDOVA, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple face locations
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by discharged or flying object, unspecified
- **Source:** Container caps, lids, covers
## Employer
- **Name:** WESTWAY FEED PRODUCTS, INC.
- **Location:** 22220 HWY 84 NORTH, P.O. BOX 217, CORDOVA, ILLINOIS, 61242
- **NAICS:** 311119
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On February 12, 2020, at approximately 7:10 AM, an employee was preparing to load liquid feed into a truck. As the employee applied additional force to release a transfer hose cap that was stuck, the hose cap popped up and struck him on the right side of his face. The employee sustained a fractured orbital bone and fractured nasal bones as well as a laceration to the nose and an abrasion to the right side of the face. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.

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