# Fractures at Kingdom Associates Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017076330` · 7/10/2017 · JAMAICA, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Shoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Bars, rods, reinforcing bar (rebar)
- **Secondary source:** Overhead hoists, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Kingdom Associates Inc.
- **Location:** 147-40 Archer Ave, JAMAICA, NEW YORK, 11435
- **NAICS:** 238910
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a hoisting mechanism to retrieve pile driving rods from a casing when a sling slipped off a rod, allowing the rod to fall, strike, and fracture the employee's right shoulder.

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