# Fractures at Department of Homeland Security
> OSHA SIR `2018010378` · 1/12/2018 · ATLANTA, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Conveyors-belt
- **Secondary source:** Floor, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Department of Homeland Security
- **Location:** Atlanta Hartfield Airport, ATLANTA, GEORGIA, 30320
- **NAICS:** 921130
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was retrieving a cell phone from underneath a baggage conveyor belt. Another employee did not know that he was under the conveyor and lowered the conveyor onto him, cracking his rib.

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