# Fractures at South State, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20191011034` · 10/22/2019 · PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Building materials, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** South State, Inc.
- **Location:** 3301 S. Christopher Columbus Blvd., PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, 19148
- **NAICS:** 237990
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was splicing piles when the upper pile, which was suspended by a crane, broke free, swung, and struck the employee in the back, resulting in broken vertebrae tips and requiring hospitalization.

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