# Fractures at ARCHER DANIELS MIDLAND COMPANY
> OSHA SIR `2016043601` · 4/29/2016 · DECATUR, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Head and trunk
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Caps, lids, covers, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Overhead hoists, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** ARCHER DANIELS MIDLAND COMPANY
- **Location:** 4666 FARIES PARKWAY, DECATUR, ILLINOIS, 62526
- **NAICS:** 311221
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On or about April 29, 2016, an employee was pressure washing the Fitz Mill machine. The employee used a chain hoist to lift the spout lid, and because the equipment was still running, the lid came back and struck employee. The employee suffered face fractures, a broken sternum, and cuts on the left wrist.

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