# Fractures at Metal Sales Co
> OSHA SIR `20171211535` · 12/5/2017 · NEW YORK, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with objects and equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Aerial lifts, scissor lifts-except truck-mounted
## Employer
- **Name:** Metal Sales Co
- **Location:** 701 7th Ave., NEW YORK, NEW YORK, 10036
- **NAICS:** 238190
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was standing in the basket of a scissor lift. As the basket was lowered, it lost power and hit the wall. The employee hit the side of the basket and broke three ribs, requiring hospitalization.

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