# Fractures at ComEd
> OSHA SIR `2016087884` · 8/22/2016 · ODELL, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level more than 30 feet
- **Source:** Towers, poles, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** ComEd
- **Location:** 22573 N 2500 E Road, ODELL, ILLINOIS, 60460
- **NAICS:** 237130
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was preparing to add a stiffener to a cross-brace and was loosening a nut on a bolt of the cross-brace. After the nut was removed from the bolt, the cross-brace moved and the employee's fall protection slid off the cross-brace. He fell approximately 45.6 feet to the ground, breaking his ribs, collarbone, and pelvis.

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