# Fractures at Aerotek
> OSHA SIR `2017043106` · 4/6/2017 · MOUNT VERNON, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Pelvis
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Material and personnel handling machinery, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Drums, pulleys, sheaves
## Employer
- **Name:** Aerotek
- **Location:** Illinois Hwy 142, MOUNT VERNON, ILLINOIS, 62864
- **NAICS:** 561320
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On 4/6/2017, an employee was part of a crew that was lowering a conveyor using a come-a-long. During the operation, the conveyor fell from the rigging equipment and struck the employee, fracturing the right side of his pelvis and shattering the left side.

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