# Fractures at KRESS CORPORATION
> OSHA SIR `20191213174` · 12/26/2019 · BRIMFIELD, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Pelvis
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Metal plates, metal panels
- **Secondary source:** Hooks, shackles, magnets, clamshells
## Employer
- **Name:** KRESS CORPORATION
- **Location:** 227 W. ILLINOIS ST., BRIMFIELD, ILLINOIS, 61517
- **NAICS:** 333120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On December 26, 2019, an employee was using an air-powered grinder to remove slag from an 875-pound steel part, suspended over a wooden pallet with a permanent lifting magnet. The part slid off the magnet from 40 inches above the floor and struck the employee, causing fractures to the employee's left-side pelvis region. The employee was hospitalized.

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