# Fractures at URS
> OSHA SIR `2016032407` · 3/21/2016 · FORT RUCKER, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other in-flight crash due to mechanical failure
- **Source:** Helicopter
## Employer
- **Name:** URS
- **Location:** Building 4509 3rd Floor, FORT RUCKER, ALABAMA, 36362
- **NAICS:** 811310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was engaged in helicopter flight training for the US Army. The helicopter lost engine power and crashed. The employee suffered three fractured vertebrae, a fractured sternum, broken teeth and abrasions to the elbow and knee.

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