# Fractures at PSEG Nuclear Cell & Generating Station
> OSHA SIR `2024109345` · 10/7/2024 · HANCOCKS BRIDGE, NEW JERSEY
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Back  thoracic region
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object  unspecified
- **Source:** Hoists, lifts  overhead, cable
- **Secondary source:** Source, secondary source  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** PSEG Nuclear Cell & Generating Station
- **Location:** 1 Alloway Creek Neck Rd, HANCOCKS BRIDGE, NEW JERSEY, 08038
- **NAICS:** 221113
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was lowering himself on a scissor lift after inspecting a chain hoist. An auxiliary hoist being installed on the manipulator crane fell approximately 8 feet from its installed location and struck the employee in the upper back, fracturing two vertebrae.

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