# Fractures at Hutco, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2019065743` · 6/7/2019 · BELLE CHASSE, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Cranes, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Hutco, Inc.
- **Location:** James Marine, BELLE CHASSE, LOUISIANA, 70037
- **NAICS:** 561311
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was removing a gear from an engine using a crane. The employee was unhooking a come-a-long when the crane operator noticed tension on the gear box. The crane operator lowered the gear and the employee unhooked the come along. The gear box came loose, swung, and hit the employee, pinning him between the gear box and bulk head. He fractured his left arm and ribs on the left side.

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