# Dislocation of joints at Thermotech Inc
> OSHA SIR `2023043025` · 4/5/2023 · OVERLAND PARK, KANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Dislocation of joints
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Ducts
- **Secondary source:** Overhead hoists, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Thermotech Inc
- **Location:** 11350 Switzer Road, OVERLAND PARK, KANSAS, 66210
- **NAICS:** 238310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Two employees were insulating ductwork on the first floor of a job site. The angle iron holding the hoist that the ductwork was suspended from failed, causing the falling ductwork to strike the injured employee who was hospitalized for a left hip dislocation.

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