# Fractures at Hamilton Tanks
> OSHA SIR `20171110906` · 11/13/2017 · COLUMBUS, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Forearm(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Tanks, bins, vats-nonconfined space
## Employer
- **Name:** Hamilton Tanks
- **Location:** 2200 Refugee Road, COLUMBUS, OHIO, 43207
- **NAICS:** 332312
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a chain fall/come-along hoist to lift a steel tank. The hook on the chain slipped out of the welded lifting pad-eye on the tank. The tank then fell approximately 5 feet, striking and fracturing the employee's left forearm.

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