# Fractures at REK Express, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2016043096` · 4/13/2016 · KEWANEE, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Head and trunk
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Beams-unattached metal
## Employer
- **Name:** REK Express, Inc.
- **Location:** 2006 Kentville Road, KEWANEE, ILLINOIS, 61443
- **NAICS:** 488510
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was unstrapping steel cross beams so material handlers could deliver the material into the facility. While unstrapping the cross beams, the load shifted and dropped onto the employee. The employee suffered facial, skull, and lumbar fractures, requiring hospitalization.

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