# Fractures at Dresser-Rand Company
> OSHA SIR `2015052630` · 5/5/2015 · HORSHAM, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Ankle(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Machine and appliance parts, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Dresser-Rand Company
- **Location:** 203 Precision Road, HORSHAM, PENNSYLVANIA, 19044
- **NAICS:** 333912
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A maintenance employee was disassembling a machine. The machine was locked out and the alignment pins were installed to hold the part in place.  After the last bolt was removed, the weight of the part sheared both pins and the part fell, striking the employee and breaking his ankle.

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