# Fractures at Albany Medical Center Hospital
> OSHA SIR `2017054012` · 5/3/2017 · ALBANY, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Forearm(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Doors, except garage and vehicle
- **Secondary source:** Atmospheric pressure-high or low
## Employer
- **Name:** Albany Medical Center Hospital
- **Location:** 43 New Scotland Ave, ALBANY, NEW YORK, 12208
- **NAICS:** 622110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was bringing a motor into an air handling plenum that had negative air pressure when the double doors suddenly closed, striking and breaking the employee's forearm.

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