# Fractures at United Cooperative
> OSHA SIR `2017064981` · 6/1/2017 · BEAVER DAM, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck, caught, or crushed in other collapsing structure or equipment
- **Source:** Tanks, bins, vats-nonconfined space
## Employer
- **Name:** United Cooperative
- **Location:** N7160 Raceway Road, BEAVER DAM, WISCONSIN, 53916
- **NAICS:** 424510
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was rolling up a hose after filling a 250-gallon fuel tank when the tank stand collapsed and the tank fell on the employee. The employee fractured 14 ribs and the sternum and suffered contusions on the shoulders and upper back.

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