# Fractures at Alvarez Inc
> OSHA SIR `2021010307` · 1/12/2021 · ELK GROVE VILLAGE, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Limbs, branches-unattached
## Employer
- **Name:** Alvarez Inc
- **Location:** Bussee Woods, ELK GROVE VILLAGE, ILLINOIS, 60007
- **NAICS:** 561730
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning up brush on the ground when a loose branch weighing approximately 40 pounds fell 10 feet to the ground and bounced toward the employee's chest, striking them and causing a rib fracture.

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