# Fractures at Prairie State Generating Company, LLC
> OSHA SIR `20241010005` · 10/28/2024 · MARISSA, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple trunk locations
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by rolling, sliding, or shifting objects non-running
- **Source:** Switchboards, panels, fuses
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Prairie State Generating Company, LLC
- **Location:** 3872 County Hwy 12, MARISSA, ILLINOIS, 62257
- **NAICS:** 221112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was manually steadying a piece of switchgear on a forklift when the load shifted and the switchgear struck the employee, resulting in a fractured rib and vertebra.

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