# Fractures at Amec Foster Wheeler Constructors, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2016109898` · 10/20/2016 · RINCON, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Material and personnel handling machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Amec Foster Wheeler Constructors, Inc.
- **Location:** 437 Old Augusta Road S, RINCON, GEORGIA, 31326
- **NAICS:** 237130
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was attempting to raise a load with an air hoist when the air hoist came loose from its anchor point and swung down, striking the employee's torso and breaking ribs. The employee was hospitalized overnight.

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