# Fractures at Metal Spinners Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20191212898` · 12/16/2019 · ROCK FALLS, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Tools, instruments, and equipment, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Metal Spinners Inc.
- **Location:** 802 Industrial Park Road, ROCK FALLS, ILLINOIS, 61071
- **NAICS:** 332119
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was rolling an 80" tall x 9" round, 1,500-pound tool to storage when the tool began to tip over. He tried to stop the tool from falling and it landed on the lower part of his body, causing a possible fractured hip.

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