# Crushing injuries at Ritter Plumbing Co Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017054202` · 5/9/2017 · BROOKVILLE, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple trunk locations
- **Nature of injury:** Crushing injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified
- **Source:** Special process machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Ritter Plumbing Co Inc.
- **Location:** 354 Carr Dr, BROOKVILLE, OHIO, 45309
- **NAICS:** 238220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On May 9, 2017, an employee was standing at the rear door on a vacuum suction tank when the employee was caught and pinned between the hydraulic-actuated closing door, suffering a crushed midsection and chest.

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