# Fractures at Louis P Cote Inc
> OSHA SIR `20221110020` · 11/15/2022 · CONCORD, NEW HAMPSHIRE
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Heating and cooking machinery and appliances, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Jacks
## Employer
- **Name:** Louis P Cote Inc
- **Location:** NH Air National Guard, CONCORD, NEW HAMPSHIRE, 03301
- **NAICS:** 238290
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was attempting to rig a heat exchanger for removal from the site. A steel shaft was placed across the face of the heat exchanger's tie bolts. Mechanical jacks were then used to lift the heat exchanger so a pallet jack could be put underneath it. The steel shaft slipped out, causing the heat exchanger to fall forward onto the employee, pinning him under it. The employee sustained fractures to vertebrae, ribs, and an ankle.

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