# Fractures at Gorman Bros., Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2020087613` · 8/12/2020 · SANGERVILLE, MAINE
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lumbar region
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Asphalt and concrete paving machines, pavers
## Employer
- **Name:** Gorman Bros., Inc.
- **Location:** Rt 23, SANGERVILLE, MAINE, 04479
- **NAICS:** 324121
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning a paving machine. He was on the machine's conveyor belt when it actuated. He fell onto the conveyor belt and fractured the L1 vertebra.

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