# Fractures at Gage Bros. Concrete Products, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017087473` · 8/5/2017 · SIOUX FALLS, SOUTH DAKOTA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Hooks, shackles, magnets, clamshells
- **Secondary source:** Cranes, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Gage Bros. Concrete Products, Inc.
- **Location:** 4301 W. 12th St, SIOUX FALLS, SOUTH DAKOTA, 57106
- **NAICS:** 238190
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was standing on a flatbed trailer, guiding a crane hook to move A-frames on the trailer. As the crane operator moved the hook upwards away from the A-frame, the hook became detached from the line. The hook assembly then fell from a height of approximately 12 feet, first hitting the steel A-frame, then hitting the employee on the back right side. He was knocked down onto the trailer, suffering a back injury and broken ribs and requiring hospitalization.

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