# Fractures at ARDAGH GLASS INC.
> OSHA SIR `20171010203` · 10/24/2017 · MILFORD, MASSACHUSETTS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Foot (feet) and ankle(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in nonroadway area
- **Source:** Aerial lifts, scissor lifts-except truck-mounted
## Employer
- **Name:** ARDAGH GLASS INC.
- **Location:** 1 NATIONAL ST., MILFORD, MASSACHUSETTS, 01757
- **NAICS:** 327213
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A spotter was directing a boom lift operator to move the boom lift forward and providing start/stop signals. The spotter was walking in front of the boom lift when the boom lift operator moved forward and struck the spotter, knocking him down and pinching his left leg between the boom lift frame and the ground. The spotter suffered multiple fractures, with an open traumatic wound to his left foot and ankle.

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