# Fractures at Smitty's Welding & Metal Fabrication
> OSHA SIR `20221110305` · 11/23/2022 · PALM BAY, FLORIDA
## 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, unspecified
- **Source:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Smitty's Welding & Metal Fabrication
- **Location:** 2820 Kirby Circle, PALM BAY, FLORIDA, 32905
- **NAICS:** 332999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was performing welding tasks underneath of a roller machine table to fabricate brackets for push rollers. The machine began operating while the employee was underneath; he was hospitalized for five rib fractures.

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