# Fractures at Smitty's Supply, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2021032400` · 3/21/2021 · ROSELAND, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Stacking machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Smitty's Supply, Inc.
- **Location:** 63415 Hwy 51 N., ROSELAND, LOUISIANA, 70456
- **NAICS:** 324191
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was diagnosing issues with a palletizer. As he was working to realign the row-former and removing bolts on a guard to access the counterweight mechanism, the counterweight actuated. He was caught between the row-former and a steel support beam and suffered broken ribs.

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