# Fractures at Whipps Inc
> OSHA SIR `2022098275` · 9/19/2022 · ATHOL, MASSACHUSETTS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Foot(feet) and leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Machinery, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Strapping
## Employer
- **Name:** Whipps Inc
- **Location:** 370 South Athol Road, ATHOL, MASSACHUSETTS, 01331
- **NAICS:** 332999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using an overhead crane to hoist and move a piece of equipment. The carrying strap holding the equipment broke and the equipment fell on the employee, lacerating his forehead and causing three fractures to his left leg and foot.

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