# Fractures at The Peoples Gas Light and Coke Company
> OSHA SIR `2021087090` · 8/19/2021 · FISHER, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Pelvis
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Racks-garment and other
- **Secondary source:** Semi, tractor-trailer, tanker truck
## Employer
- **Name:** The Peoples Gas Light and Coke Company
- **Location:** 230 Co. Rd. 2800 N, FISHER, ILLINOIS, 61843
- **NAICS:** 221210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On August 19, 2021, an employee was unloading a pipe storage rack from a flatbed trailer. A chain was holding two sections of pipe rack together. When the chain was removed, a section of pipe rack became unstable, causing the rack and the employee to fall approximately 3 feet from the flatbed trailer to the ground. The employee became pinned under the section of pipe rack and was hospitalized with a fractured pelvis. The section of pipe rack was 30 feet long and weighed approximately 1,380 pounds.

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