# Fractures at Cowin Equipment Company, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2022031991` · 3/4/2022 · BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Jaw, chin
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object or equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Drums, pulleys, sheaves
## Employer
- **Name:** Cowin Equipment Company, Inc.
- **Location:** 2238 Pinson Valley Parkway, BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA, 35217
- **NAICS:** 532490
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was helping another employee service a bulldozer. While the track was being adjusted, a come-along chain hit the employee in the face. The employee suffered a broken jaw.

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