# Fractures at Bledsoe Construction, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2020076297` · 7/6/2020 · BOISE, IDAHO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Arm(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Metal plates, metal panels
- **Secondary source:** Nails, brads, tacks, nuts, bolts, washers
## Employer
- **Name:** Bledsoe Construction, Inc.
- **Location:** 8000 Federal Way, BOISE, IDAHO, 83716
- **NAICS:** 236220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A construction worker was working with two other workers to remove a metal plate from a semiconductor tool base. The employee was attempting to remove inertial dampeners from the bottom of the plate while it was being suspended by a gantry. The bolt holding the plate sheared and the plate fell, fracturing the employee's arm.

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