# Fractures at J F WHITE CONTRACTING COMPANY
> OSHA SIR `2020021383` · 2/12/2020 · SPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Arm(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Machine and appliance parts, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Cranes, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** J F WHITE CONTRACTING COMPANY
- **Location:** 702 West Columbus Avenue, SPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS, 01105
- **NAICS:** 237310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a crane with a clamshell bucket attachment. The anti-two-block device came free from the main line and fell into the operator's cab after bouncing down the boom. The employee suffered a broken right arm and a major contusion of the right thigh. He was hospitalized.

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