# Fractures at CornellCookson, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2019055023` · 5/17/2019 · MOUNTAIN TOP, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Bars, rods, reinforcing bar (rebar)
- **Secondary source:** Partitions
## Employer
- **Name:** CornellCookson, Inc.
- **Location:** 24 Elmwood Avenue, MOUNTAIN TOP, PENNSYLVANIA, 18707
- **NAICS:** 332321
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was unloading a truck and placing metal rods onto a cantilever rack with the aid of a hoist. A metal rod dislodged from the rack, fell, and struck the employee on the back. The employee suffered a fractured back bone and was hospitalized.

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