# Fractures at GLOBAL UNDERGROUND CORP
> OSHA SIR `2017077092` · 7/28/2017 · WESTMINSTER, COLORADO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Machine and appliance parts, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** GLOBAL UNDERGROUND CORP
- **Location:** 8650 N Decatur St., WESTMINSTER, COLORADO, 80031
- **NAICS:** 238990
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was assisting in rigging the pull head from the trench box. The pull head slipped out of the chain while suspended and fell to the ground, striking the employee and causing a fractured right scapula, fractured sternum, nine fractured ribs, and a bruised right lung.

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