# Fractures at UL LLC
> OSHA SIR `2018021319` · 2/8/2018 · NORTHBROOK, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Tanks, bins, vats-nonconfined space
- **Secondary source:** Cranes, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** UL LLC
- **Location:** 333 PFfingsten Road, NORTHBROOK, ILLINOIS, 60062
- **NAICS:** 541380
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a crane to lift a filtration tank filled with sand to the main level of a hydro lab when the tank fell. The employee was struck by the falling tank, an electrical conduit, and a metal pipe, suffering multiple broken ribs, swelling to the right leg, and a crushing injury.

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