# Fractures and dislocations at U.S. Department of the Army - Sierra Army Depot
> OSHA SIR `2020065139` · 6/3/2020 · HERLONG, CALIFORNIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple trunk locations
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures and dislocations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Material and personnel handling machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** U.S. Department of the Army - Sierra Army Depot
- **Location:** Weld Shop, HERLONG, CALIFORNIA, 96113
- **NAICS:** 336992
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning his work area when the strap holding a container rotator in a vertical position failed. The container rotator, and the container roll-in/out platform it was attached to, swung and struck the employee on the right upper torso and hip area. He suffered broken and dislocated ribs, a pelvic fracture, and fractures to lower-back vertebrae.

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