# Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c. at Riggs Distler & Company, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2016043131` · 4/14/2016 · FOREST PARK, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Aerial lifts, scissor lifts-except truck-mounted
- **Secondary source:** Utility and telephone poles
## Employer
- **Name:** Riggs Distler & Company, Inc.
- **Location:** 16th Street & Hannah Avenue, FOREST PARK, ILLINOIS, 60130
- **NAICS:** 238210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was tossed from an aerial lift/bucket when the silo/pole being lifted broke away and struck the arm of the aerial lift. The employee sustained a broken left ankle and pelvis, a punctured lung, and a concussion.

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