# Fractures at Wisconsin Cemeteries Holdings LLC
> OSHA SIR `2016021512` · 2/18/2016 · MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple pelvic region locations
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
- **Source:** Containers-nonpressurized, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Wisconsin Cemeteries Holdings LLC
- **Location:** 6400 W. Burleigh Street, MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN, 53210
- **NAICS:** 812220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was attempting to free a frozen burial vault from the frozen ground. A coworker was using a backhoe to free the vault. The burial vault dislodged from the ground rapidly and struck the employee, crushing him between the vault and a wall. He fractured his pelvis and hip.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · MORVS · CC0 1.0*