# Fractures at SSA Terminals
> OSHA SIR `2016075935` · 7/1/2016 · OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Slings
## Employer
- **Name:** SSA Terminals
- **Location:** 1717 Middle Harbor Rd., OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA, 94607
- **NAICS:** 488310
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee was hooking wire rope slings to a cargo container when one of the slings came loose and struck the employee on the chest. The employee suffered broken ribs, a cracked sternum, and a fractured left ring finger.

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