# Fractures at Mueller Co. LLC
> OSHA SIR `20181111880` · 11/18/2018 · ALBERTVILLE, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Manlifts
- **Secondary source:** Doors, except garage and vehicle
## Employer
- **Name:** Mueller Co. LLC
- **Location:** 956 INDUSTRIAL BLVD., ALBERTVILLE, ALABAMA, 35950
- **NAICS:** 331511
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was spotting for an articulating manlift operator that was moving materials. The employee climbed down a ladder and turned to go out a doorway, and was caught between the doorway and the lift's knuckle boom. The employee suffered broken ribs and was hospitalized.

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