# Fractures at New England Wooden Ware Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2021032109` · 3/10/2021 · GARDNER, MASSACHUSETTS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Dumbwaiters
## Employer
- **Name:** New England Wooden Ware Corporation
- **Location:** 75 Logan Street, GARDNER, MASSACHUSETTS, 01440
- **NAICS:** 322211
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was moving materials on a dumbwaiter. The dumbwaiter shifted downward and the employee was caught between the dumbwaiter and the floor resulting in broken ribs and soft tissue injuries that required hospitalization.

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