# Fractures at PAUL MUELLER COMPANY
> OSHA SIR `2021032086` · 3/9/2021 · SPRINGFIELD, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple trunk locations
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Metal plates, metal panels
- **Secondary source:** Nails, brads, tacks, nuts, bolts, washers
## Employer
- **Name:** PAUL MUELLER COMPANY
- **Location:** 1600 W PHELPS ST, SPRINGFIELD, MISSOURI, 65802
- **NAICS:** 332420
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a plasma cutter on a steel plate that weighed approximately 1140 lbs. A bolt that was holding the steel plate in position broke, causing the steel plate to fall on top of the employee. The employee sustained fractured L5 and S1 vertebrae and a fractured pelvic bone.

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