# Fractures at Skyline Steel, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2017043859` · 4/27/2017 · FAIRLESS HILLS, PENNSYLVANIA
## 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:** Metal pipes, tubing
- **Secondary source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Skyline Steel, LLC
- **Location:** 400 Gamesa Drive, FAIRLESS HILLS, PENNSYLVANIA, 19030
- **NAICS:** 331210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was installing a wood chock to secure a steel pipe. The employee then stepped between two sections of pipe at the same time that a forklift operator was attempting to position the pipe. The employee was caught between the two sections of pipe and fractured four ribs, requiring hospitalization.

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