# Fractures at Stone Products Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2020109731` · 10/13/2020 · TARENTUM, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Nonclassifiable
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Compactors, crushers, pulverizers-earth, mineral
- **Secondary source:** Drums, pulleys, sheaves
## Employer
- **Name:** Stone Products Inc.
- **Location:** Resco, TARENTUM, PENNSYLVANIA, 15084
- **NAICS:** 333131
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was attempting to replace a wear pad on a crusher. A come-along, being used to hold an access gate open, came loose and dropped the gate onto the employee. The employee suffered a chipped and/or broken vertebra.

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