# Fractures at Michels Pipeline Construction a division of Michels Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2018054690` · 5/14/2018 · WATERTOWN, CONNECTICUT
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Pelvis
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Mining and drilling machinery, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Truck-motorized freight hauling and utility, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Michels Pipeline Construction a division of Michels Corporation
- **Location:** 99 Callender Road, WATERTOWN, CONNECTICUT, 06795
- **NAICS:** 237120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On May 14, 2018, an employee was helping a co-worker load a compressor onto a truck when he was caught between the compressor and the truck frame, fracturing his pelvis.

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