# Fractures at W.R. Weis Company, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017054724` · 5/25/2017 · CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Arm(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Metal plates, metal panels
## Employer
- **Name:** W.R. Weis Company, Inc.
- **Location:** 455 W. Superior St., CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, 60654
- **NAICS:** 238140
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

The employee was installing insulation. A 4' x 4' insulated metal panel slipped from the hoisting clamp, bounced and ricocheted off the building, and struck the employee's left arm fracturing it.

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