# Fractures at Andritz Separation Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20211210802` · 12/16/2021 · SCOTT DEPOT, WEST VIRGINIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Nonclassifiable
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Engines, turbines, except vehicle
- **Secondary source:** Cranes, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Andritz Separation Inc.
- **Location:** 123 Erskine Lane, SCOTT DEPOT, WEST VIRGINIA, 25560
- **NAICS:** 811310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was struck by a centrifuge engine, knocked off by a top shelf by slack in a crane cord. The employee suffered broken vertebrae and lacerations to the head and neck.

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