# Fractures at F.H. PASCHEN, S.N. NIELSEN INC.
> OSHA SIR `2015086089` · 8/25/2015 · CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Neck and back
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Construction debris
- **Secondary source:** Backhoes, trackhoes
## Employer
- **Name:** F.H. PASCHEN, S.N. NIELSEN INC.
- **Location:** 300 S. Canal Street, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, 60656
- **NAICS:** 237310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was struck in the head by a slab of concrete debris that fell from the backhoe. The employee suffered fractured vertebrae in the neck and back.

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