# Fractures at Acme Erectors, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2024109823` · 10/22/2024 · MOUNT VERNON, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Trunk and other upper extremities
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by suspended or swinging objects  n.e.c.
- **Source:** Beams and rails  metal
- **Secondary source:** Material and personnel handling machinery  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Acme Erectors, Inc.
- **Location:** Continental Tire America, MOUNT VERNON, ILLINOIS, 62864
- **NAICS:** 238120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Two employees were unloading a steel column from a flatbed tractor trailer. The two-point rigging configuration slipped on the load as it was being hoisted off the trailer. The two rigging points slid on the column and came together, causing one end of the column to strike the injured employee's arm. The employee was knocked down, and he landed on his side on the flatbed trailer. The end of the column then landed on his hip. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured arm and pelvis and required surgery.

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