# Fractures at Brevard Soffit & Siding Inc
> OSHA SIR `2018066073` · 6/20/2018 · MALABAR, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thoracic region
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Punch presses
## Employer
- **Name:** Brevard Soffit & Siding Inc
- **Location:** 2560 Billie Lane, MALABAR, FLORIDA, 32950
- **NAICS:** 238390
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was moving an accordion punch press into position to punch materials. Its wheels got stuck and it tipped onto him, fracturing a vertebra in the thoracic region of the back and causing abrasions to his shoulders and knees.

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